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The Chatterbox => Random Chat => Topic started by: Spectere on February 10, 2011, 02:46:40 AM
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Here we go again!
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Hi.
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Sup, playa?
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That get
I need to unload some fears onto someone. I've come to the conclusion that I will idolize and easily become infatuated with random attractive females, which I find rather shitty.
Also I'm afraid my friend will become a god nut when he comes out of prison. It sounds like the rehab program he's in involves a lot of religious bullshit (because evidently there is no real proper rehabilitation therapy).
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this thread sux
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Dicks ahoy!
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1st paeg lllololololERR::COULDN'T_RESOLVE_NAMEA
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woof
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When I go back to the mainland, I'm going to buy cigs with my Hawaii ID. I wanna see if they make a McLovin joke.
ps syrupy buttholes
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Oh god not again >.<
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Oh, so posting on the first page
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I guess I should have my say on the first page as well..
I wish I didn't have retarded days like tomorrow at school. I'm there from 8 AM till 6 PM, and I must allow myself an hour driving time, so I end up waking up at 6:30, and I'm stuck in Barrie till 6 at the earliest, so I don't usually get home till sometime around 6:30, on the days I leave right away. Since today is valentines day, I'm going to be hanging out with my girlfriend for a while, but neither of us have free money so basically all we can do is sit around and hang out.
yes, I know what the other option is, and we've got that covered too.
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roasting on pirst fage
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Happy VD
:3c
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Happy VD
:3c
mmm I luv venereal diseases
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POSTING ON FIRST PAG- fuck
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mmm I luv venereal diseases
Thats what I thought when I read that too, lol
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I really love my new TV. this could have gone in happyness section but I'm drunk so fuck you,
its a 42" panasonic plasma.fcking aWESOME
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Well, I'm pretty dead-set on taking the next semester of college off. I've pretty much hated it here for at least a year now, but I've gotten by thanks to both keeping myself from thinking about it too much and subtly avoiding the subject when talking to people. I figured I'd just keep it to myself until it got better, but it's only gotten worse since I started college. I'm pretty sure if I have another consecutive semester of this crap I'll lose it. So I'm moving back home, hopefully working full-time, and then deciding what to do from there. I want to find a school with an astrophysics department, because I've realized I'm much, much more interested in that than computer science.
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I have a degree in rape and a minor in statutory
Hey baby, you should come home with me--I graduated summa cum laude with a degree in buttsex.
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Well, I'm pretty dead-set on taking the next semester of college off. I've pretty much hated it here for at least a year now, but I've gotten by thanks to both keeping myself from thinking about it too much and subtly avoiding the subject when talking to people. I figured I'd just keep it to myself until it got better, but it's only gotten worse since I started college. I'm pretty sure if I have another consecutive semester of this crap I'll lose it. So I'm moving back home, hopefully working full-time, and then deciding what to do from there. I want to find a school with an astrophysics department, because I've realized I'm much, much more interested in that than computer science.
Don't make it sound so dramatic, I'm sure that shit will easily work out. Good luck finding work tho, I swear I have the worst fucking luck doing that.
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Well, I'm pretty dead-set on taking the next semester of college off. I've pretty much hated it here for at least a year now, but I've gotten by thanks to both keeping myself from thinking about it too much and subtly avoiding the subject when talking to people. I figured I'd just keep it to myself until it got better, but it's only gotten worse since I started college. I'm pretty sure if I have another consecutive semester of this crap I'll lose it. So I'm moving back home, hopefully working full-time, and then deciding what to do from there. I want to find a school with an astrophysics department, because I've realized I'm much, much more interested in that than computer science.
That sucks ass. I decided against going in for computer science myself, because I could easily see myself hating it, despite liking programming and shit. I hope things work out for you.
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My mouse finally gave out. The left click stopped working, so I slammed it on my desk and it started working again. It started acting up again so I tried the same thing and it just up and stopped working. Now I need to buy a new mouse, but I'm wondering if I should go wireless or not.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104178
I'd like this if it wasn't so ugly, anyone know of any decent mice?
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I'm using the MX518 right now, actually. The coloration isn't quite as dramatic as it appears on the Newegg product page.
It's a decent mouse, but Logitech really cheaped out on their scroll wheels lately. Like my old G5, I have a major problem with this thing occasionally double triggering. Suffice to say, I'm looking for another one as well.
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No shit? I was thinking about moving up to this then
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104318&cm_re=g500-_-26-104-318-_-Product
Might as well spend the extra dosh if I'm going to get something I want working, plus I haven't used a decent mouse in forever.
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I am sitting on my new couch with Mr. Spectere himself.
He's playing Super Meat Boy! His quotes are entertaining.
'I think I'm using the word 'cock' a lot when I die.'
'This is a transcript of Ian playing Super Meat Boy: 'FUCK SHIT COCK''
'Super Keyboard Boy!' (He really needs to get an adapter. Playing with the keyboard is dreadful) (Spectere typing: I already have a wired Xbox 360 controller, but I'm too hardcore to use something like that!)
'Hey, I hope a laser doesn't totally come out of nowhere and own me' (We quoted a lot of Metal Gear Awesome back and forth yesterday while we were setting up the Pump cabinet)
Keys: 'Well, this level isn't so bad...'
Spectere: 'Yeah, after you get over the shock of there being a FUCKING DEMON MISSILE!'
'You dick-suck-fuck-cock!' (he's playing the last level of Hell right now)
'See, I'm not gonna use English anymore, so you can't understand what I'm saying and thus quote me'
Keys: 'Hey Snake, a demon missile is totally gonna come out of nowhere and-'
Spectere: 'SHUT UP'
Also, he's occasionally lapsed into angrish, or roughly what Tourettes Guy does. 'DICKS!' 'PENIS!' 'COCKS!' (there's a lot of phallic language going on)
Okay he's done with Hell now, I'll update this with Rapture if we get anything new.
EDIT: Wow, that didn't take long!
Spectere: 'I wanna see if I can get that warp zone over there.'
Keys: 'You really don't. It's the hardest one in the game'
Spectere: 'Oh, go penis yourself.'
*after unlocking warp zone*
Spectere: 'WHAT THE SHITCOCK IS THAT!?'
Spec Edit: Corrected my BBcode n00bishness.
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He needs to spin to win.
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I am sitting on my new couch with Mr. Spectere himself.
That would be Sir Spectere, my friend.
And yeah, all of those quotes are true. It was kind of hilarious watching Keys grab his laptop every few minutes and frantically type for a few seconds whilst chuckling to himself.
And yes, Super Meat Boy is one of those games that just brings out the best in me. Nothing angry, of course, as my rage-induced vitriol-laced rants generally consist of actual sentence, don't contain the word "cock" as much, and contain the word "fuck" far more.
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Kinda like me when I play GTA.
"Fucking COCKMONKEYS! ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN, CJ!!!"
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Who honestly doesn't do this once in a while?
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I don't Know
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So the fan in my old laptop suddenly stopped working yesterday. I was really depressed because basically my life is on that laptop. I took the whole thing apart, but that didn't help any. So today I talked to my parents, and we went out and bought another laptop.
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so yeah I don't enjoy coming here anymore
I already talk to everyone that's cool here outside of here except Mort. You're a bro, but a somewhat inaccessible bro. Oh yeah, and Spec. But he's a different kind of bro.
(http://i53.tinypic.com/jjbjhl.gif) cy@
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Welp,
Bye then. Thought you were pretty aight but if you wanna go...
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This kind of thing seems to happen a lot around here.
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I guess, but the last 3 or 4 times it was just Vlad.
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hah.
but people usually don't announce when they leave, they just forget the site exists. (Christian to an extent, Squ3r, gay artist guy).
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And that is why that topic should have had all that shit removed from the topic :/ I was really hoping spectere would do something about that because that wasn't exactly a constructive topic to be arguing about... (yeah, I know I had a bit of a hand in the beginning as well :()
I was really hoping that this site would stay civil enough to not require moderation, but obviously that isn't the case.
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so yeah I don't enjoy coming here anymore
I already talk to everyone that's cool here outside of here except Mort. You're a bro, but a somewhat inaccessible bro. Oh yeah, and Spec. But he's a different kind of bro.
Peace, holmes. Feel free to give me a shout if you ever need any nerd stuff.
And that is why that topic should have had all that shit removed from the topic :/ I was really hoping spectere would do something about that because that wasn't exactly a constructive topic to be arguing about...
I generally don't respond to flames unless I get reports. Especially on threads that I prefer to ignore.
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I usually completely forget about the report feature.
I mean, what's said is said, but I think that it would be nice to clean out that thread and get rid of the arguments, since they really don't contribute anything to the topic.
Like I said, it really sucks that it turns out this site can't hold together without some form of moderation.
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It's already resolved itself, outside of the fact that each party said they weren't going to read the previous post.
I generally don't respond to flames unless I get reports. Especially on threads that I prefer to ignore.
So all of them.
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And that is why that topic should have had all that shit removed from the topic :/ I was really hoping spectere would do something about that because that wasn't exactly a constructive topic to be arguing about... (yeah, I know I had a bit of a hand in the beginning as well :()
You make it seem like he was the victim of the entire thing. His conceitedness about himself being above others really pissed me off. I'm glad I at least have the balls to acknowledge what I said to him earlier was wrong, but it's too bad that his head was too far stuck up his ass to not see that I apologized to him.
Like I said, it really sucks that it turns out this site can't hold together without some form of moderation.
This place is perfectly fine. One person leaving isn't that big of a deal.
honestly, what a fucking attention whore. you don't have to announce that you're leaving. the only people that actually have a legit right to tell people that their leaving should be spec or a mod.
PS Each party? more like one party.
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Every person who leaves here is one less person posting. In case you haven't noticed spectere.net has been getting steadily more and more silent since about feb 2008 (IIRC)... At this rate the site will eventually die, and it won't take that long. This place has been my internet home since I joined, and I definitely do not want to see it turn into a graveyard. One person doesn't make or break this site, but the steady flow of people posting less, leaving due to bullshit, or simply forgetting about this place means that it is continually getting slower.
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Like I said, it really sucks that it turns out this site can't hold together without some form of moderation.
No, after reading through it, it was more like two people just being unable to get along. No amount of moderation is going to solve that. Pruning the thread isn't going to prevent spillover.
When was the last time any real moderation actually needed to be done? Oh yeah, the rare event that a spam bot posts.
So all of them.
No, more like just the thread dealing with drugs that I have no interest in, don't use, and don't plan to use.
And, once again, report button.
Every person who leaves here is one less person posting. In case you haven't noticed spectere.net has been getting steadily more and more silent since about feb 2008 (IIRC)... At this rate the site will eventually die, and it won't take that long. This place has been my internet home since I joined, and I definitely do not want to see it turn into a graveyard. One person doesn't make or break this site, but the steady flow of people posting less, leaving due to bullshit, or simply forgetting about this place means that it is continually getting slower.
I'd rather have three good posters checking once a day and having decent discussions than a large group of people bashing their keyboard senselessly to raise their post count.
Also, keep in mind that I do not promote this site, nor do I have a lot of e-friends that would be interested in foruming. If you want more people to post, tell people about the site. Link it in your signature on sites that you trust. Make it happen.
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Well, it'd be nice to get rid of the flamewars in the thread to clean it up (as far as you can clean up a thread about drugs) so we don't have to stare at post like that, but hey, its your site, so you have the final say.
And yeah, about the only other site I frequent on a daily basis is teamliquid.net now, and I don't really actually know anyone on there, aside from maybe some of the guys in the anime thread on there, and even then I hardly know them. I wish I could help bring new people in, but I just really don't know that many people well online outside of s.net.
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I read the site a lot actually. I just don't post very much. An update, for the curious:
- No longer homeless. I came to a friend's house to crash for the night, and his mom is letting me use the spare room they were gonna use for his sister's art studio until I can afford a place.
- Got a new job. I start on Monday. Host at P.F. Chang's, 40 hours a week, $10.50/hr, and I don't have to handle food.
- Convention's over and done with, it actually went better then expected. I got time to relax and enjoy myself during it, and was generally able to decompress and be a fun person. Everything outside the walls of the hotel ceased to exist for a few days.
- Taxes, and some mysterious money I don't know the origins of, came in. I've had spare money for a week. I bought some new clothes since most of mine are worn out, and it actually feels nice.
- I've cleared some things up with some friends, been spending a pretty good bit of time out and doing things. Preoccupying myself makes dealing with shit a lot easier.
- I've mostly been sleeping pretty well. I wake up and actually feel rested, and even if I'm a bit tired it doesn't take me more then a couple of minutes to get up and start doing things.
Sorry for the huge wall-of-depression. It just happens sometimes. It's hard to stay positive when you keep getting kicked while you're down.
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Good to hear, sounds like your life dramatically changed around.
I also just discovered the whole penny arcade "drama" where they supposedly made light of rape in a comic, and a whole fuckton of people (and for some reason feminists, despite having a male being the rape victim).
http://debacle.tumblr.com/post/3041940865/the-pratfall-of-penny-arcade-a-timeline
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Well feminists aren't always females, a feminist being some one who believes in rights for all not just for women (though its usually liberal feminist that are like this) Most of the people on here would be feminists. Exteremist feminists are the ones who generally hate men and even then don't condone rape of any kind. So its actually kinda understandable why they would still be outraged whether or not the victim was male or female, rape shouldn't be taken lightly.
Also as an art student I suffered through at least two semesters where one class would not shut up about feminist art, it tends to be full of shit, alot of female artist who can't get established turn to making feminist art as a way of being political and getting their name out there. It just hurts the whole subject.
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I read the site a lot actually. I just don't post very much. An update, for the curious:
- No longer homeless. I came to a friend's house to crash for the night, and his mom is letting me use the spare room they were gonna use for his sister's art studio until I can afford a place.
- Got a new job. I start on Monday. Host at P.F. Chang's, 40 hours a week, $10.50/hr, and I don't have to handle food.
- Convention's over and done with, it actually went better then expected. I got time to relax and enjoy myself during it, and was generally able to decompress and be a fun person. Everything outside the walls of the hotel ceased to exist for a few days.
- Taxes, and some mysterious money I don't know the origins of, came in. I've had spare money for a week. I bought some new clothes since most of mine are worn out, and it actually feels nice.
- I've cleared some things up with some friends, been spending a pretty good bit of time out and doing things. Preoccupying myself makes dealing with shit a lot easier.
- I've mostly been sleeping pretty well. I wake up and actually feel rested, and even if I'm a bit tired it doesn't take me more then a couple of minutes to get up and start doing things.
Sorry for the huge wall-of-depression. It just happens sometimes. It's hard to stay positive when you keep getting kicked while you're down.
Glad to hear things are getting better. And yeah, it really does suck when shit just keeps going wrong.
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Glad to hear things are getting better. And yeah, it really does suck when shit just keeps going wrong.
^ This.
That being said, when it gets to that point, it's a great time to just start over and move in a different direction. The most important thing to do is to try to escape from your shell. Going to things like the convention and talking to your friends again probably helped more than anything else.
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Well feminists aren't always females, a feminist being some one who believes in rights for all not just for women (though its usually liberal feminist that are like this) Most of the people on here would be feminists. Exteremist feminists are the ones who generally hate men and even then don't condone rape of any kind. So its actually kinda understandable why they would still be outraged whether or not the victim was male or female, rape shouldn't be taken lightly.
It's not that I hate feminists, it's just the "outrage" at this comic is mildly retarded.
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In other new: Cows Cows Cow.
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I still come to this site. I just make my one annual post though and disappear again.
Don't mine me choo choo
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Ian has yet to respond to any of my text messages, so: LET IT BE KNOWN THAT ON THIS DAY IAN ARCHIBALD BURGMYER HAS BEEN CORDIALLY INVITED TO SPEND TIME OVER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING DAYS : MARCH 05 2011, MARCH 06 2011 : WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HOUSE LOCATED AT <redacted> IN BOARDMAN, OHIO. THIS TIME MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: XBOX 360 AND MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3; EXPRESSIONS OF AFFECTION TOWARD THE RESIDING CAT; NONSEXUAL TICKLING; SEXUAL TICKLING; DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GEEKY THINGS WITH LITTLE OR NO RELEVANCE TO EVERYDAY LIFE; TEASING JEFF.
YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUESTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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Archibald? O.o
Anyhoo...we shall see. I'm looking pretty busy this weekend, but I might be able to swing by in the evening or something.
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Party? :3
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I'm jealous. I've been doing nothing recently, and I broke my phone so I have no idea how to contact people.
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I'm jealous. I've been doing nothing recently, and I broke my phone so I have no idea how to contact people.
Write a letter and mail it via your local post office!
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Being without a phone sucks... Take it from someone who has a phone that is out of service more often than it's in service :/
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Write a letter and mail it via your local post office!
You mean....not via the internet?
fuck that.
Also boobies, I'm just glad I have my facebook up, so I can sort of set something up. Then again my friend's still seem to be in town/doing shit and I never know. It's getting annoying.
So does anyone even care about Bradly Manning? I feel disgusted at the way no one cares, or supports the way he's being treated.
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Being without a phone sucks... Take it from someone who has a phone that is out of service more often than it's in service :/
Eh, could be worse. My old phone had a nasty habit of semi-crashing in mid-call (i.e. the phone would become completely unresponsive, requiring a battery pull to do anything), running out of battery way before the advertised life of the phone (I got maybe an hour talk, far less with the screen on), and suddenly refusing to talk to the cellular network. Basically, the specific issue that I'd see would depend on the version of Android that I had on it at the time. Sadly, the stock firmware was actually worse in terms of battery life.
Android on the HTC Dream made me want to go back to using a Motorola dumbphone (specifically, my old V3x -- beat to hell, but still works amazingly well).
So does anyone even care about Bradly Manning? I feel disgusted at the way no one cares, or supports the way he's being treated.
The way that he's being treated and the way that certain parties are treating him (i.e. calling for the death penalty) makes me absolutely livid.
If his actions directly caused innocent parties harm, that would be a different story. Based on everything I've seen, his actions brought to light atrocities ("Collateral Murder"), caused due scrutiny in internal affairs (the diplomatic cables leak), and brought to light an incredible lack of security in our military. Why on earth would a private first class have access to that kind of data? Furthermore, why in the hell would he be permitted to bring recordable media into a secure area?
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I think he should be given a goddamned medal, not this shit.
If someone like that can manage to get that much information from a supposedly secure system, then there are definitely flaws. The government should have apologized profusely to everyone affected by Collateral Murder, and reprimanded everyone responsible. As for the security breach, they should have said something like "well shit, this proves that we need to tighten security". I mean, if the military can keep what actually goes on in places like Area 51 a secret from the public, they should damn well be able to keep diplomatic cables under better security (and whatever else he had access to that he didn't remove).
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Ian has yet to respond to any of my text messages, so: LET IT BE KNOWN THAT ON THIS DAY IAN ARCHIBALD BURGMYER HAS BEEN CORDIALLY INVITED TO SPEND TIME OVER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING DAYS : MARCH 11 2011, MARCH 12 2011, MARCH 13 2011 : WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HOUSE LOCATED AT <redacted> IN BOARDMAN, OHIO. THIS TIME MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: XBOX 360 AND MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3; EXPRESSIONS OF AFFECTION TOWARD THE RESIDING CAT; NONSEXUAL TICKLING; SEXUAL TICKLING; DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GEEKY THINGS WITH LITTLE OR NO RELEVANCE TO EVERYDAY LIFE; TEASING JEFF.
YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUESTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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Hay, you didn't send me any texts this week. D:
I should be able to swing over there on Friday evening.
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Damn it all, come over when I'm actually THERE!
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Bradley Manning is a hero :'(
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Japan is washing away.
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I want it to be known that as of now I hate gypsies.
Also this site is fuckin dead, and I'm far too boring of a person to keep it active.
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Yeah, it's a graveyard of activity :/
I almost post more on teamliquid than I do here now :/
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My friend is getting out of jail April 7th, shit's gonna be baller.
Also my other friend said he would take me to Orland a couple of days ago, and he never called me. Then again I JUST remembered that he said that, but still.
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My friend is getting out of jail April 7th, shit's gonna be baller.
Also my other friend said he would take me to Orland a couple of days ago, and he never called me. Then again I JUST remembered that he said that, but still.
That's great that he's gonna be getting out soon.
And yeah, it always sucks when people say they'll do something, and then just don't.
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a friend of mine made this lolol
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Haha, that's awesome. Now spectere needs to make another Into the Inferno chart :P
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I'll admit, I considered it after listening to that. :p
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It really annoys me when people talk about searching for "planets with the conditions to support life." I literally want to scream "AS WE KNOW IT" immediately after I hear someone say that. The assumption that any other interplanetary life has to have the exact same structure and makeup as Earth life is beyond arrogant.
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It really annoys me when people talk about searching for "planets with the conditions to support life." I literally want to scream "AS WE KNOW IT" immediately after I hear someone say that. The assumption that any other interplanetary life has to have the exact same structure and makeup as Earth life is beyond arrogant.
Agreed good sir...we are a spec of dust in this great big universe.
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It really annoys me when people talk about searching for "planets with the conditions to support life." I literally want to scream "AS WE KNOW IT" immediately after I hear someone say that. The assumption that any other interplanetary life has to have the exact same structure and makeup as Earth life is beyond arrogant.
Please. Every life form from any planet loves ice cream, pina coladas, and "How Stella Got Her Groove Back."
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"How Stella Got Her Groove Back."
Implying I'm not alive much?
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The thing about pina coladas is true though, I mean I hate pinapple juice and cream of coconut but I'd drink pina coladas everyday if I could. So delicious.
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It really annoys me when people talk about searching for "planets with the conditions to support life." I literally want to scream "AS WE KNOW IT" immediately after I hear someone say that. The assumption that any other interplanetary life has to have the exact same structure and makeup as Earth life is beyond arrogant.
Well, like in all science the "as we know it" part is implied. The main conditions we're looking for is liquid water and a consistent source of energy, which are two things that all known life on Earth, and thus all life known to us, needs. If we knew a kind of life that required different conditions, we'd look for those conditions as well. It's not arrogance so much as ignorance. No one's saying that places like Mercury or Pluto are completely barren of life, just that we don't know how life could evolve in those places. Which really means that there's no point speculating about exoplanets supporting life until we know how alive our own solar system is.
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Well, like in all science the "as we know it" part is implied. The main conditions we're looking for is liquid water and a consistent source of energy, which are two things that all known life on Earth, and thus all life known to us, needs. If we knew a kind of life that required different conditions, we'd look for those conditions as well. It's not arrogance so much as ignorance. No one's saying that places like Mercury or Pluto are completely barren of life, just that we don't know how life could evolve in those places. Which really means that there's no point speculating about exoplanets supporting life until we know how alive our own solar system is.
Well yes, but the way that it's worded does little but spread that ignorance like wildfire. I'll bet that if you walked into a restaurant and asked people if we were alone in the universe, many people would answer with a definite "yes."
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Well yes, but the way that it's worded does little but spread that ignorance like wildfire. I'll bet that if you walked into a restaurant and asked people if we were alone in the universe, many people would answer with a definite "yes."
WE ARE TEH ONLY LIVE BEING CUZ WE ARE HUNANZ!
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My CPU fan will not stop making this horrifically annoying sound (almost sounds like a wire is hitting the fan, but I checked all around it and didn't see anything).
It's no good.
It was a goddamn mobo fan, had to ghetto rig a zip line to pull the wire out of it.
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http://www.sembeo.com/media/Matrix.swf
TRIPPIN BALLS BRO.
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I find it funny that I talk to ulti all the time and he never comes here. What the hell man.
I'm enjoying Firefox 4 so far. Feels a bit slower then Chrome, so I might convert to it one of these days. Still, I love how my bookmarks are arranged on this.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/photos/the-kill-team-photos-20110327/0602176
I also wonder how common this would be.
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Apparently FF4 is still completely unusable on 64bit systems. :/ It completely crashes out almost instantly on my computer.
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Well, it is in Beta, but that's really odd.
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Apparently FF4 is still completely unusable on 64bit systems. :/ It completely crashes out almost instantly on my computer.
I use Firefox for Netflix and other online videos. I have yet to have a problem with it, aside from 3.6 being a slow hunk of shit (4.0 is much better).
Well, it is in Beta, but that's really odd.
Not anymore. It's been out for about a week.
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I've only had FF4 for an hour or two now, but so far, I likes.
So do my doggies. In fact, they're fighting over it.
(http://i.imgur.com/VWJIn.png)
...in the future, where it's already daylight.
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I use Firefox for Netflix and other online videos. I have yet to have a problem with it, aside from 3.6 being a slow hunk of shit (4.0 is much better).
Yeah, it was insane how slow 3.6 was, enjoying 4.0 much more.
Also, I evidently cannot get onto Facebook and Imgur. Unsure what that's all about.
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Yeah, it was insane how slow 3.6 was, enjoying 4.0 much more.
A fresh install of 3.6 on an almost-freshly installed copy of Windows 7 took 10 seconds to start on my Core i7 desktop and 15 seconds to start on my Core Duo laptop. Insane.
4.0 on my desktop takes about 5 seconds. Of course, it still has a way to go to take down Chrome, which takes about a second to start on both this system and my laptop...literally. Internet Explorer 9 starts up faster than Firefox does, too -- roughly 2.5 seconds.
Regardless, improvements are improvements.
Edit: Also, finally got around to cloning my laptop hard drive to the replacement one. Strangely enough, Western Digital sent me a 750GB hard drive to replace my 500GB drive. I'm not complaining.
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I've come to the conclusion that being manly and being self destructive are basically the same thing.
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Weird, FF 4.0 crashes all over the place on my comp. You open it, try to load a page, crash, restart it, load a page, open another tab, crash. etc.
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They wouldn't release it if it didn't work well with 64-bit systems.
Try killing your Firefox profile. Go to %appdata% and %localappdata% in Explorer, rename or delete the Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles directory, and try restarting. Also, make sure that Flash is updated, because that plugin can cause a myriad of issues.
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I just noticed this very odd error pop up before FF crashed after deleting the profiles...
It reads: "NSIS Error: Error writing temporary file. Make sure your temp folder is valid."
Now, NSIS is the nullsoft installer, and after a bit of googling I noticed that Mozilla moved to recently using a custom installer based on NSIS, and when I checked where the process for that error was, it was in temp files and the file was called Browser Update 11.
Upon a bit of further checking, I loaded the info for one of the crash reports, and it reported that the page causing the crash was:
http://d1.openx.org/afr.php?zoneid=186739&cb=56894
Which led me to a page in Dutch, but I was able to see mention of Trojan.Agent.CK.
I know I was infected a while back, but I thought I got rid of it. I've scanned with ClamWin as well as HijackThis and Spybot, and nothing came up except a few tracking cookies.
EDIT2: Looks like I missed some stuff, found a couple bad BHOs, and a suspicious regsvr entry for running on boot...
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I use Opera
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And I use chrome...
I still would like to have a working copy of FF on the system. My GF prefers FF, and I occasionally use Torbutton/Tor and with that FF is actually more secure than running chrome with Tor.
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Bump for fucking BADASS: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/akaiwa.html
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That is fairly awesome. Also I feel like my life is slightly better now that I'm not on my PC constantly. I really need to get it working again.
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Just signed up for a 14-day Zune Pass trial tonight.
Looks good so far. It reminds me of Rhapsody, except that I seem to be able to access some artists that are no longer available on Rhapsody, I get to keep 10 tracks a month (whoa!), and the player doesn't crash so much that it makes me want to unsubscribe. Oh, I can also play the tracks on my phone.
It's a shame that there's no Zune app for iOS. I'd love to consolidate everything onto my iPod Touch. That being said, I somewhat doubt that Microsoft would make an app like that, and I doubt that Apple would allow it to be published anyway, since they have that nasty non-compete clause in their developer agreement.
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Speaking of the touch, I'm wondering if its worth it to jailbreak my 2nd gen. I like it the way it is but I hear alot of good stuff about it (if done right, obviously)
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I had both my work iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 4th Gen jailbroken for a little while. I loved having the iPhone jailbroken because it let me do some thing that were very useful on the phone itself (LockInfo is amazing), but about the only thing I miss when it comes to the iPod is the port of osu!. Outside of doing interface customizations, I can't think of any good reason to keep it jailbroken.
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I have a pay as you go phone
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Speaking of the touch, I'm wondering if its worth it to jailbreak my 2nd gen. I like it the way it is but I hear alot of good stuff about it (if done right, obviously)
I think the original reason/want/need for jailbreaking was because the iPod originally didn't have any app store to speak of? When I had mine like that when I first got it, I could get any app i saw LEGITIMATELY using an app downloader. After not using my ipod for a while for whatever reason, I jailbroke it again, and found that it really didn't do all that much for me. Free apps are good enough and I'm not such a mobile-entertainment junkie that I need it to play Avatar or 3D games and shit. I was never into mobile gaming anyway, psp/gameboys included.
I wiped mine and put the factory iOS back on it, works great and I don't have to worry about it fucking up
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I think the original reason/want/need for jailbreaking was because the iPod originally didn't have any app store to speak of?
Yep, nailed it. iOS 1.x didn't have an app store. I keep forgetting about that, since I've only used iOS 2.x and up.
I had a fairly recent jailbreak on my iPod (I think I had it on during 4.1; it wasn't long after I bought my Touch) and the lack of QC and number of ripoffs really turned me off to it. I tried putting emulators on the thing and despite the A4 being more than capable, I found that every emulator that I tried sucked (a GameBoy emulator that I tried was laggy and unresponsive) and had a price tag associated with it. Most of the free games were about as complex as arcade-style calculator games. It almost seems like Cydia turned into a Winterboard (a piece of software used to customize how the iOS interface looks) store as of late. Oh, and most of the Winterboard themes on there suck, too.
I do really miss having my iPhone jailbroken, and if I didn't have so much data on it I would do it again in a heartbeat. I was able to get functional substitutes for the nice iOS 4 features (namely, multitasking and categories) under the much faster iOS 3 (this is a 3G, so 4.x hurts its poor electronic soul). More importantly, it seems like most of the quality Cydia apps are more geared toward phones. LockInfo (http://www.lockinfo.net/) and QuickReply (http://cydia.saurik.com/package/ckquickreply) are two fantastic pieces of software, and are well worth their price tag. However, considering the iPod is tethered to wi-fi, I don't see much of a purpose for putting LockInfo on it, and there's zero reason for using QuickReply.
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Apparently, one of my former guildmates died in a car accident.
I really hope that's not true. He was one of the most awesome people I met in WoW. :(
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Oh shit, that sucks :<
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Indeed.
He actually wound up going missing a few months ago, but that doesn't soften the blow at all. It explains a lot, but I sure as hell don't like it.
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Yeah, it's always horrible when something like that happens.
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Dear Canada (and Australia, etc),
How do you put up with ISPs shoving metered broadband down your faces? I've been averaging over 1GB/hour since I turned on my computer, from legal downloads (mostly Steam and streaming video, in this case). I'd never be able to put up with that kind of bullshit.
Those of you who are afflicted by this scourge are better men than I. I would hide in the corner and weep if I had to try to cope with that.
Sincerely,
Ian
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As far as I can tell, the metered broadband thing only exsists in places where it isn't as noticeable; i.e. businesses who have just created websites and have only recently published them, so they don't have much traffic in the first place, and so on. In major cities, I THINK most large ISPs are still considering putting the cap on (or may have already), but it will be almost to high for the general public (i.e. me) to notice. Only people who download gigs and gigs per day will notice it, and I don't think that accounts for TOO many people.
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Dear Canada (and Australia, etc),
How do you put up with ISPs shoving metered broadband down your faces? I've been averaging over 1GB/hour since I turned on my computer, from legal downloads (mostly Steam and streaming video, in this case). I'd never be able to put up with that kind of bullshit.
Those of you who are afflicted by this scourge are better men than I. I would hide in the corner and weep if I had to try to cope with that.
Sincerely,
Ian
Its fucking balls. I personally haven't had much trouble with my broadband, it's technically unmetered (we got this package a while ago, and our ISP has been really good about things) I think if we hit more than 60 GB/month we get a warning or something. Our ISP is a small virtual ISP that started here in Midland, and moved to Barrie later on, and they've always offered an unlimited plan.
But some people have it a lot worse off, anyone on Rogers gets something like 30 GB a month or something unless they pay a whole bunch more.
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I'd shit a brick with limited bandwidth.
Also I need to watch more Archer and Breaking Bad. I haven't really watched any movies or TV shows that are well written/good, and I want to increase that.
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Birthday yesterday. Whoo.
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Well Jesus fuck
Happy belated bro
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Happy belated "now you can legally drink" day, Mark. :D
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Man I need to do something with my life. My friends are starting to get out of college now and it's depressing (more so because I just got done marathoner Magicka and GTA3).
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Jupi and I went to Quaker Steak and Lube on Wednesday. I got an order of atomic wings. Shit's hot! I'm probably getting something milder next time we go there; they were an experience, but I prefer stuff that's tasty to stuff whose capsaicin content is an order of magnitude below pepper spray.
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Everyone needs more potatos...MUST PLAY PORTAL 2!!!
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Goddamn I can't wait until I can play Portal 2. Tuesday needs to hurry up and get here.
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Thank god I just got some cash. Now I need some more for the witcher 2 and BF3 and I'll set.
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Up to five potatoes. Not bad for a couple of hours.
Not a bad way to discover some kickass games, too. <3 Rush.
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Still can't get the potato for Audiosurf *RAGE*
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I got about 90% of the way into the gold on my first try in Audiosurf and was too depressed by that to try again. <_<
Then again, that's pretty much a typical game for me in Audiosurf, so I shouldn't be too worried. I just play that game to chillax because I don't think that game is fun to play competitively at all.
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Brought it back
http://www.last.fm/user/Kraezymann
Also add me on Steam so we can play Portal 2: Kraezymann
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Sent you a request. I also have a year old request sent to Bobbias.
Also I'll be down for Portal 2 and basically anything online (just got Magicka which is awesome, and I have a lot of coop/multiplayer games).
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a;lkdfja;dlkfjas;lfkjad NEED MORE PORALZ TOOOS!
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a;lkdfja;dlkfjas;lfkjad NEED MORE PORALZ TOOOS!
I know, right?
Well, less than four hours to go, and Killing Floor and Super Meat Boy are getting pretty close to done "calculating:" http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/ (http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/)
I'm switching back and forth between the two of them, so I guess I'm helping! :D
Edit: aw shi...
(http://i.imgur.com/CDjUA.jpg)
Edit 2:
(http://i.imgur.com/nQACO.jpg)
HURRY THE FUCK UP JESUS
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Enjoy your 32% and hat store. Really, that's bummed me right out.
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Holy. Shit. Portal 2 is amazingly hilarious.
It's not as quotable as the first one, which seems to actually prove the existence of some form of deity. Maybe I won't hear people constantly babbling off lines to this one.
I got to chapter 6-ish before I realized that it was way past my bedtime. Sleep deprivation FTW. I wish I could have finished it in one sitting, but I do have to work in...six hours, and I don't want to be completely dead tomorrow. I'm kind of happy that I was among the first 10,000 people to play it. When the GlaDOS@Home page refreshed on my other monitor after starting the game, it read 5,656. So yeah, I was a single digit in that statistic, not one among 1000. :p
Graphically, I'm super-impressed by the lighting engine in the game. Holy crap, have we come a long way. It looks like they're still using the Source 2007 engine judging by a look at my SteamApps directory, but Valve really outdid themselves with regards to their attention to detail. Plus, the game runs silky smooth on my system with nearly maxed out settings (I left anti-aliasing at the default 4xMSAA, and bumped anisotropic filtering up to 8x...I should be able to push those up a bit more, but it's really not a huge deal to me). Most older games with worse visuals don't run that well, so kudos to Valve for proving that optimization and light-weight DRM actually make a huge difference.
Enjoy your 32% and hat store. Really, that's bummed me right out.
Eh?
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I hear the game was getting stuck at 32% decryption because the steam servers where loaded. Also the in game hat store is a bit much.
Also, tell me how long it is. It sounds like it's rather short (not portal short, but still) and I'm unsure about the coop lasting.
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Ah, gotcha.
It might have been because I jumped on that shit quickly, but mine decrypted rather quickly after hitting 32%. It crawled up to that point, then shot up to 100% and I was able to play. And it was Good.
I haven't checked out any co-op related stuff yet, since my main Portal 2 partner in crime was busy playing Mortal Kombat, but hopefully that'll happen sometime this week.
I've been going through the game at a pretty easy pace. It's hard to give you any specific progress without spoiling it, but I believe I'm on chapter 6 and I'm about 2.5 hours in. The first game took me 3 hours at the same pace, so it's longer than the first, at least. I'm guessing that it'll be around 5 or 6 hours at a relaxed pace, based on where I am right now. So, probably short, but far more enjoyable than most of the longer games that have come out recently. I'm not exaggerating when I say that playing Portal 2 gives me great joy.
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Man, I really want to watch Ellis Mania.
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I'm about halfway through chapter 8 in Portal 2. It's been a good 6 hours.
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I beat Portal 2 a couple of hours ago. Amazing, amazing game.
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I installed the 64-bit Flash plugin for Linux tonight and...it just worked.
It just worked.
I can't emphasize that enough. Excellent work, Adobe!
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I just realized Cowboy Bebop is pro gay marriage. Spike and Jet take care of Ed generally with just the two of them most of the time.
So I was driving down the street and my brakes decided to not work. Then I pushed the pedal again and they worked. I'm assuming I'm low on break fluid, but still, I'm happy that didn't happen when I was driving behind a semi that braked hard.
We really should have additional admins.
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Whoo, birthday today. Finally I'm 21. Of course, I have an exam tomorrow, so looks like a bar crawl is out of the question tonight...
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Happy birthday, Annon! :D
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Happy birthday chap. Drinking legally is rather overrated, then again I hardly ever abuse this right unless I'm getting shitty gas station beer.
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I'd like to dispute that last point, lol. If you've got some friends and a good pub/bar to hang out in, drinking legaly can be a lot of fun. My friends and I head over to Boston Pizza a lot, and drink there a bit (though we concentrate on food there) and there's a pub here that we head to when we have enough money for it, and it's always a good time when we drink there.
It's a nice alternative to drinking at someone's place (though we do that a lot more often)
Either way, happy birthday man.
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unless you have some spare cash, drinking at a bar is not always recommended.
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unless you have some spare cash, drinking at a bar is not always recommended.
Well yeah, bars do get expensive. But I mean, I'd easily take going to the pub, buying 4 pints and ordering some awesome bar food, and hanging out with friends there, over grabbing a 12 and playing COD with them like we do all the time... (and the bar is still more expensive than just grabbing the 12)
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There is a certain novelty you pay the price for when you head outside your house to get alcohol, and I'm happy to pay higher prices for a more entertaining atmosphere. A large or small group of friends going out to a restaurant/bar and drinking, eating, laughing, etc is a great experience when you have funds to do so. Certainly is a lot cheaper to get a 30 or a couple fifths and keep the party at home, although your options are kind of limited.
unless you smoke weed too, then home is better :P
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Windows 8 is looking pretty orgasmic so far.
I particularly like the idea of this feature (from Wikipedia):
Another new feature is the ability to create a Portable Workspace, an installation of Windows 8 on a USB storage device.
There's also going to be a Windows App Store. Done to death, sure, but it should prove to be a nice way for newbies to get newer software in a safer way.
Oh, there's also a new task manager, a built-in PDF reader (took long enough!), and native ISO mounting (thank goodness).
I'm really looking forward to the inevitable beta/RC release. I'm going to grab that shit on day one.
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Windows 8 is looking pretty orgasmic so far.
I particularly like the idea of this feature (from Wikipedia):
There's also going to be a Windows App Store. Done to death, sure, but it should prove to be a nice way for newbies to get newer software in a safer way.
Oh, there's also a new task manager, a built-in PDF reader (took long enough!), and native ISO mounting (thank goodness).
I'm really looking forward to the inevitable beta/RC release. I'm going to grab that shit on day one.
Holy shit, that's awesome! I'm actually considering looking at trying out an RC/Beta. Normally I haven't bothered because of the issues that always crop up with those, but that sounds awesome. Any idea on how the new task manager will be? I've been using Process Explorer lately and it's a damn fine program for that sort of thing, but it sucks needing to install something extra on top of the default Task Manager.
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It appears to be better organized, with a clear divide between the regular task manager and an "advanced task manager." We're still not past the milestone stage, so who knows what's going to change?
Here's a link to a few screenies: http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/26269-Windows-8-new-Screenshots-Winfuture (http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/26269-Windows-8-new-Screenshots-Winfuture). It definitely looks sleeker and more modern, and the Advanced Task Manager should scratch the itch of anyone who still wants the Win2K-style task manager.
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I know I've been talking about this for a while, even tho that seems like it was years ago, but I'm finally having my dog put down. She's about 16 years old and cannot walk, so we're taking her to be euthanized.
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That sucks. Sorry to hear that. :(
We put our dog down a few years ago because she was dying. It was really weird not having her around.
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PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
(http://img.imgur.com/uIx6El.jpg) (http://img.imgur.com/uIx6E.jpg)
NOW THAT'S JUST SILLY!
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Ouch, that's rough. I've never outlived a dog yet, but I outlived my cat a while ago, and she was also in really rough shape. Shit sucks hard.
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Obama just flash kicked Osama bin Laden's head clean off.
AMERICA, FUCK YEAH.
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(http://i.imgur.com/IDsF2.gif)
Also, I went to a rave over the weekend. Didn't do any drugs while there, but now I'm learning how to shuffle because it looks really really fun.
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I know I've been talking about this for a while, even tho that seems like it was years ago, but I'm finally having my dog put down. She's about 16 years old and cannot walk, so we're taking her to be euthanized.
Sorry for your loss, bro.
Also since I destroyed my tumblr account, someone else used the same URL for it and now its an emo asian kid. Check it out! http://krzy.tumblr.com/
PS its terrible (actually I haven't read any of it, I just saw that it looked kinda emo and was turned off)
PPS decided I should post more
PPPS I wish people would come back :(
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God, I am starting to eel sorry for that guy just reading that crap, lol.
When I read emo-asian guy I thought it was gonna be one of those "i kut myslf bkuz it hurtz" guys, who wear all black, and listen to shitty emo.
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Asians are just all bummed out by default.
I think my sound in my speakers is fading, but I can't tell exactly. It sounds like songs get randomly louder and then quieter.
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Bought Plants versus Zombies for 3.60... AWAITING HATS!
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My expensive alarm cl...err, Android phone managed to pull off a 2 month uptime before some random system task maxed out the CPU and decided to warm up the device.
Not bad. It sure as hell beats what it did when I made the mistake of updating it to Froyo (it's currently running Eclair via Cyanogenmod 5). It might actually be usable as a phone again with that OS if I were to suddenly start hating Windows Phone 7 (which I honestly can't see ever happening at this point).
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Is anyone really good at snaking a drain? ;-;
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I cannot stop thinking about Mario Kart while reading that.
Also today was a notoriously shitty day. Woke up early, and I laid in bed and fell asleep and woke up RIGHT when my class was starting. I was driving down the interstate when suddenly I smell something burning and my car is barely accelerating. Turns out it's the clutch disc, which will cost 750 dollars total, which is added to the cost of the tires I will need. So I miss my class, which is a short summer semester and I already missed the other one. I get a ride home while my truck is in a shop, and eventually I make it to my next class. I got the two mixed up and I went to the wrong room, which ended up making me 15 or so minutes late. The teacher then mentions during the class break that I'm far behind and suggests to me dropping the class (I'm suggesting that he meant that in a lecturing sort of way, in that I didn't come off as taking the class seriously considering I missed a class and came in late with no materials. Plus he sounded generally surprised once I took notes and participated in the class). Then my computer froze up mid fap might I add, which I thought I had hopefully somehow fixed, and this caused my almost finished download of the last two parts of the Witcher 2 to somehow disappear from the IDM menu.
So yeah, a whole lot of first world problems.
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Can't get the Witcher 2 to install, and every time it does the file verification it fails to read the second file within the same download as the file recognition check. I've re-downloaded the file so I'm unsure what to do there.
and now Shadowgrounds Survivor won't even launch. FUCKING LOVELY HOOOOOORAY.
Also this bitch is nuts http://evebitfirst.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/a-man-is-a-rape-supporter-if/
Anyone know how to make my computer recognize a file as a BIN file? Under two different parts of the Witcher 2 it just says file, while every other part says BIN file.
Fuck it, just re-downloading the entire thing on the gog download. Should take a few days but whatever.
Also this site is REALLY dead.
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Open Folder Options, and enable "show extensions on known file types" or whatever it's called, and then rename the file to a .bin.
Also, yes, this place is really dead. It makes me sad...
Also Also, that woman is fucking retarded, and does not understand human biology, psychology, and culture...
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uh, is that called the same thing in XP?
Should I edit it in notepad ++? all rename does is change the name of the folder...
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Yes, it's the same thing in XP. Hell, I can't even find it in Windows 7 without using the Godmode thing that people found out about.
Whenyou have a folder open there should be an item in the Tools menu that says folder options. When you open it, go to the "View" tab (I think it's the same in XP) and there will be a big list of a bunch of stuff you can turn on or off. There's an option that says "Hide extensions for known file types". Deselect that, and hit OK. Now all your files will have the extension shown, and you can rename them and change the extension.
After that, find the file, rename it, and add ".bin" on the end, and you'll have a bin file... I will warn you that just because you renamed it to a .bin, that doesn't mean that the file will be in the format that the program expects, but if the file for some reason, got renamed and had the bin extension removed, then that would fix things.
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Thanks, got it but that didn't solve my problem. At least my Witcher 2 download just started kicking ass.
Also it is a shame that this place is going downhill, but shit, if you want to stay in contact I'm on facebook and steam. I'm rarely on AIM anymore.
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I don't have AIM, lol. I am on MSN a lot, I hardly use facebook, and I only use steam when I'm playing terraria, because that's the only game I have on my account (being poor blows hard).
I'm still gonna keep coming here though.
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Oh hey 2 weeks until basic yay ^^
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Oh hey 2 weeks until basic yay ^^
Woo!
Good luck, buddy. Feel free to write me if you like. PM me if you need my address.
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You should really start working out and running if you're going into boot camp/basic (unsure of the difference really).
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Pretty sure he's been on that for some time now.
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Then I request shirtless pictures.
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Pretty sure Spectere's been on that for some time now.
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You know that feel when you see a bob-omb spawn in super smash. On one hand you have a powerful weapon if you can manage to grab it, on the other it's going to probably kill you if you get near it when it starts to walk.
That's like love man.
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I like how iOS 5 is basically "iDroid Phonedows 8". It's almost silly how many features that Apple "introduces" that are shameless copies of features that have been in Android, Windows Phone, and even in RIM's original Blackberry software, for years in some cases.
I think I'm going to punch an Apple fanboy in the face if he/she tries to claim that "iMessage" is at all revolutionary or unique.
As for wi-fi sync? Zune had it first. Yeah, that thing that Apple fanboys like to bash.
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Heh, got into a fight with some douchebag last night. Hate to see what he looks like today.
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Well its about that time...leaving for basic in two days.
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Good Luck man, from what I hear drill instructors will pick on any person who stands out, and will intentionally stick you in no win situations and you will be punished for it. Evidently keeping your head low and doing what you need to do is important.
Also newf, any more info on that?
and spektur, weren't you a bit of a apple fanboy? and isn't mac's main selling point is the fact that it's sort of dummy proof?
ALSO finally back from my weekend out, and it was fun. Didn't get to see everyone I wanted, but still got a lot of stuff in.
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Well its about that time...leaving for basic in two days.
Good luck, man.
Good Luck man, from what I hear drill instructors will pick on any person who stands out, and will intentionally stick you in no win situations and you will be punished for it. Evidently keeping your head low and doing what you need to do is important.
This. Also, if one of your superiors ask you if you know how to drive a stick, say no unless you want to mop floors.
and spektur, weren't you a bit of a apple fanboy? and isn't mac's main selling point is the fact that it's sort of dummy proof?
Nah, not really. I get enthusiastic about their products from time to time (and I really do like my iPod Touch) but at the same time I love giving them well-deserved and heavy-handed criticism. Their arrogance pretty much demands it. When Apple and their fanboys try to pass off features as innovative, it helps when they actually are innovative. A bunch of the major iOS 5 features are copypasta.
If anything, I'm probably a borderline Microsoft fanboy. Not enough of a fanboy not to recognize obvious faults in their products, but Windows has truly worked better for me than anything else in the past few years, and I am really excited for Windows 8, moreso than 7. And, well, I own a Windows Phone. Do I really need to go on? :p
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Pretty much mort...well anyway when I can aquire a laptop durning tech school I will post something of my experience of basic.
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Pretty much mort...well anyway when I can aquire a laptop durning tech school I will post something of my experience of basic.
Cool, and good luck from me too. Hopefully they don't screw you too hard.
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Also newf, any more info on that?
Yeah, I was out at the bar with a few friends, and when we were leaving, we saw some guy kick a garbage can. There was me, my friend Sam; A little Indian guy, my friend Tom; A chubby polish dude, my buddy Rolando; A big Spanish guy, and our Friend Linda. So Sam, he's basically the yippy one of the group who likes to instigate things, decides to yap at the guy saying "Oh yeah tough guy you sure showed that garbage can who's boss", so the guy walks up to us, and he was actually pretty big. I'd say he was about 6'4 or 6'5 at least 230 pounds or more, and he decides to stare us down. So I'm hammered at this time, and didn't give a fuck so I start to stare him down as well....Well, I guess, stare him up, since he was towering over me, heh. Anyway, after about 10 seconds of that, our friend Linda says to cool it, and everything is fine and to walk away. So we just walked across the street and leave the guy alone.
About 3 minutes later, I catch a glimpse of something to my left, then out of nowhere some big yellow metal thing hits Linda in the side. When I went up to see what it was, it was one of those covers from the fire hydrants....So buddy screwed off the side of the hydrant, and whipped it at us. Once that happened, Sam and Tom ran across the street, followed by me and Rolando. And that's when it all began.
Sam grabbed the guy by his shirt, and they went right out in the middle of the road. So they got their fists up, and buddy cracks Sam in the face, and K.O's him, bam down on the ground. Then Tom goes in, gets 1 shot in on buddy on the side of his head, then buddy gets Tom in the back of the head, then Tom goes down..Not out, but down on 1 knee. By that time Sam is back up, and goes at him again, and the same thing happened. Buddy hits Sam once, and boom, down he goes again. K.O'ed.
Unfortunately with this, it made that douche bag look good because he just K.O'ed 2 guys, yet those guys are absolutely useless, and can't scrap worth a shit. Not to mention the douche bag had a friend with him too, but his friend was scared shitless to do anything. Then he saw me and Rolando standing there, and started to back up...Then yells to his friend "HIT HIM, FUCKING HIT HIM!!!!"
That's when Rolando went in. So they're just basically going back and forth, jumping back and forth and I was just standing behind Rolando...And every time Rolando would dodge backwards, he'd bump into me...So i give him a little shove forward saying "go man, fucking stomp the guy out". So he goes forward, buddy swings at him and misses, but hits Rolando's arm...Then Rolando again dodges back, and bumps into me. So I give him another nudge forward, and he goes back in again. They're just still going back and forth, no shots getting in at all, then Rolando backs into me AGAIN. At this point I got fed up, and thought to myself "FUCK THIS SHIT". So instead of nudging him forward, I got in front of him, and pushed him back, and I went in at the guy.
When I saw him towering over me, I knew he had a way longer reach than me and I wouldn't be able to get any good shots in, so I tried once, swung and missed. So I just went right in at him, and managed to grab him in a bear hug, but before I got the grab he popped me in the eye, and once I had the hold he hit me again in the temple. I wasn't at all phased and didn't give a fuck, and that's when I squeezed, picked him up, and slammed his face down into the cement. I didn't pay attention to anything else except to beat the shit out of this guy, but apparently when I slammed his face down, Rolando popped him in the face. Unfortunately when I slammed him down, I slammed him face down, do his face hit the cement, but he was on his hands and knees, so he ended up getting back up the same time I did. So I grabbed him again, and this time I got him belly to back, so I slammed him again, this time in a belly to back suplex. When I let go, he was on his back, trying to get up, and that's when I grabbed him by his head, and gave him a straight uppercut to the mouth, K.O'ing him on the spot. Unfortunately I ended up putting a big hole in my knuckle from impact on his "fang" tooth, but it got the job done. Then I just turned around and didn't bother.
I guess after that he tried to get up and my buddy Rolando gave him a hefty boot to the face to make sure he'd stay down, then to make it even more retarded, my friends Sam and Tom, once they saw he was down and out, went back and started wailing on him some more. I can just picture what was going through their minds...... ("That's for knocking me out asshole!") *Whack, whack*
So anyway, I saw that, went to them and got them off of him saying "That's enough, he's done, stop!" By that time, other people on the street saw that, then like 6 more guys took of their shirts and approached us, yapping their beaks and saying they were gonna kick our ass and blah blah this and that. So I walk up to one of the guys that was mouthing off to my friend, looked at him square in the face for like 5 seconds, then he turned around and walked away. A second guy was running his mouth to another friend, and I did the same thing...Walked up to him, stared at him...Then he turned around and walked away too. And I was thinking to myself...You know what....You're running your mouth saying you're gonna do all this shit to us, I was right in your face, so why didn't you fucking hit me? Other than that, it cooled down and the cops showed up so we left. I ended up with a little bruise under my eye and a slightly deep hole in my knuckle....But I'm just wondering...This guy knocked out my 2 friends with 1 shot, yet he hit me twice, and it didn't even phase me...Goes to show how useless they were, and how that douche bag got some sort of credit for knocking out 2 guys before getting his ass kicked. Because it was 1 on 1 the whole time, except where those fools jumped on him at the end of it.
ANYway, I'm rambling, that's the story, and yeah...All in all fun night, but not happy with some of the results.
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And I was thinking to myself...You know what....You're running your mouth saying you're gonna do all this shit to us, I was right in your face, so why didn't you fucking hit me?
A defense mechanism really. Be loud and scary when you're scared in an attempt to mask how afraid you are and intimidate the other guy. Charlie Murphy actually had a skit about it but I can't find it.
Short story even, I was at a party in the woods, when some kid with 5 people behind him walk up yelling about someone saying who tried to touch his ass (something along these lines, basically he rode past our golf cart and someone in it yelled at him) so after he yells for a while my friend driving (who seems to get into loads of fights, not that I've seen him instigate a lot but he seems to be unable to avoid conflict) gets up and starts swinging at him claiming it was him. The kid backs off and never throws a punch back (he's basically running backwards getting hit). After a short while of this nonsense he yells "IT WASN'T YOU" and my friend yells "WHO CARES, YOU WANTED TO FIGHT". It all just fell apart and my friend was surprised.
but this all reminds me to work out and re-watch GTO.
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How was Linda? It sounds like that would have really hurt.
And hey, at least your friends were willing to get in there in the first place, there are plenty of people who would never even do that.
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Woof
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How was Linda? It sounds like that would have really hurt.
She was fine, nothing bad at all.
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She was fine, nothing bad at all.
That's good to hear.
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I bet she was fine...
wait what?
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Columbo died. :(
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Is it odd that a friend will randomly bring up an embarrassing moment we had, that made me look like a total retard, a shockingly large amount of times. Basically a long long time ago we were having a sleep over, I wanted to sleep and they said they were going to mess with me and after they attempted doing so I half asleep said I would cut him.
Now at least 5 or 6 times when the conversation didn't even call for it he refers back to this story, which seems like some sort of passive aggressive attack on me. Maybe I should bring up some of the dumb shit he did, like acting shocked and going through a hissy fit after he cheated on his girl friend and she left him, or how he's generally acted like a (hard to pinpoint on thing, but he did wine a lot once for me to do something and when I said no 20 or so times he pushed me hard and said "FINE", not to mention how he's somehow been pulled into a bunch of random fights at parties) dick and how he went through a face announcing how he's changed.
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Columbo died. :(
Bye Grandpa :(
(http://home.metrocast.net/~adkohler/pics/falk_grandpa.gif)
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Happy 4th. God bress America.
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Manly music doesn't have soft parts:
(http://files.spectere.net/pictures/loudness/Slipknot-BeforeIForget.png)
Man, the song below must be some weak, pussy ass shit:
(http://files.spectere.net/pictures/loudness/Rush-2112.png)
Oh wait. That's 2112, an absolute masterpiece.
Hmm.
The Moral: Fuck dynamic compression and the audio engineers who abuse it.
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Warning, quote abuse ahead.
The Moral: Fuck dynamic compression and the audio engineers who abuse it.
The Moral: Fuck dynamic compression and the audio engineers who abuse it.
The Moral: Fuck dynamic compression and the audio engineers who abuse it.
The Moral: Fuck dynamic compression and the audio engineers who abuse it.
The Moral: Fuck dynamic compression and the audio engineers who abuse it.
The Moral: Fuck dynamic compression and the audio engineers who abuse it.
The Moral: Fuck dynamic compression and the audio engineers who abuse it.
The Moral: Fuck dynamic compression and the audio engineers who abuse it.
The Moral: Fuck dynamic compression and the audio engineers who abuse it.
The Moral: Fuck dynamic compression and the audio engineers who abuse it.
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I would cast triple on your quote abuse post to create the legendary Massive Quote Abuse Post, but I'm too lazy. Really, though, that statement can't be emphasized enough.
If anyone doesn't know what we're talking about, YouTube the album version of Slipknot's "Before I Forget" and listen to the first 20 seconds. Notice how the intro guitar sounds almost as loud as it does when all of the instruments are playing? Yeah, that's the effects of dynamic compression. It's pretty retarded.
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Or just listen to Death Magnetic D: (I'm surprised you didn't mention that one).
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I didn't mention it because I didn't experience it first-hand. It does amuse me that people have actually ripped the master tracks from GH3 and remastered them just so that they could listen to it without vomiting, though.
The part that I think is sad when it comes to Slipknot is that so many other metal groups sound better simply because they weren't produced by a 10-year-old ("LAUWDER IS BETTAR! I WANT MOAR SUGAR MUMMY!"). I find that Fear Factory is generally very well-mastered, for one. Some of their songs thrive on having some decent dynamic range. I recall several of the tracks on Obsolete having a fairly subdued synth section lead into a loud harmony. It makes their individual songs stand out a bit more, at any rate.
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(ﾉ・∀・)ﾉ =====┻━┻))ﾟДﾟ)･∵.
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Opeth is another band with excellent mastering. Of course, some of their songs ARE all loud, lol.
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Speaking of Opeth, my sister is going to take me to see them live for my birthday. I'm SO STOKED.
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Opeth is another band with excellent mastering. Of course, some of their songs ARE all loud, lol.
It's okay for the songs to be loud if they legitimately are loud. I just have a problem with a single guitar being as loud as the harmony. :)
Speaking of Opeth, my sister is going to take me to see them live for my birthday. I'm SO STOKED.
Sweet. Hope you enjoy it. ;D
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Speaking of Opeth, my sister is going to take me to see them live for my birthday. I'm SO STOKED.
Awesome, I haven't had a chance to see them live yet, but I'd bet they put on a wicked show.
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Yeah, it's my first time being able to myself, I hear they're pretty awesome.
Also how do I uninstall firefox addons? Firefox acts goofy constantly and I want to cut back on some things.
Never mind, figured it out within a second of looking. Still, I'd really like to know why it randomly freezes up and why some programs take a fucking lifetime to launch.
Also, what program should I use for making a CD from a folder? That would be useful.
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You can always try zapping your Firefox profile and starting from scratch. Go into My Computer, your hard drive, then jump into "Documents and Settings" > profile name > "Application Data" > "Mozilla" > "Firefox" > "Profiles", then rename the crazily named directory in there. Just toss a ".old" in there. Now, go to "Documents and Settings" > profile name > "Local Settings" > "Application Data" > "Mozilla" > "Firefox" > "Profiles" and do the same thing.
Now, take a deep breath and relax. You've earned it.
Start up Firefox. It should work quite a bit better now. If you want to get your bookmarks back, grab the "places.sqlite" file from the first directory that I gave you (it's inside of the crazily named directory) and put it in the new one that Firefox created.
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uh, you know I'm still on XP right? I don't see an applications folder within my named folder, I'll just search for the Mozilla folder.
Did I forget to mention that I helped a guy get away with stealing a 50+ dollar lobster? Shit was funny.
All I see is a Mozilla Firefox folder with no profiles in it.
Probably going to order more ram since it's so goddamn cheap and I could use it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145590
I think this is the same ram I have currently in there, and I hear fucking around with ram can kill a mobo. Seems like everything is up to par, but I just need to triple check this.
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Did I forget to mention that I helped a guy get away with stealing a 50+ dollar lobster? Shit was funny.
Did he keep it as a pet or eat it?
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uh, you know I'm still on XP right? I don't see an applications folder within my named folder, I'll just search for the Mozilla folder.
Yeah, that's the tree that you'd follow as it would be on XP. Vista/7 use AppData\Roaming and AppData\Local.
Make sure that you have Explorer set to show hidden files and folders, as both Application Data and Local Settings are hidden by default.
Did I forget to mention that I helped a guy get away with stealing a 50+ dollar lobster? Shit was funny.
O.o
What's the story behind that?
I think this is the same ram I have currently in there, and I hear fucking around with ram can kill a mobo. Seems like everything is up to par, but I just need to triple check this.
Fucking around with RAM won't kill a mobo unless you...I dunno, take the mobo out, install the RAM, and apply power while the thing is sitting bare on your carpet.
If you have an AMD CPU or a Core i-something, you could damage your CPU by overvolting the RAM, and possibly do some damage on older models by doing the same thing, but you'd have to really try to do permanent damage to it.
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Yeah, that's the tree that you'd follow as it would be on XP. Vista/7 use AppData\Roaming and AppData\Local.
Make sure that you have Explorer set to show hidden files and folders, as both Application Data and Local Settings are hidden by default.
Oh, completely forgot about that. Yeah, I'll look again when I'm way less tired. Also it seems the longer my PC is on, the worse programs tend to run. Was forced to restart for a microsoft update and everything started up fine (outside of xfire).
O.o
What's the story behind that?
There was a claw machine full of lobsters at this bar me and a couple of friends go to. We see one of the lobsters is at least twice the size of the other ones, and there's got to be no way to get a claw around him without him freaking out and breaking free. So, one of my friends develops a plan to pop the top of the machine open and use a pool cue to press him against the side of said claw machine and drag him onto the top. The machine is positioned on a wall just across from the bar, so it's not exactly hidden, and I was standing in front of the bar and could clearly hear to pool stick hitting the side of the tank the lobsters were in. So after a short while he tosses it in the bucket that the machine has and jumps around pretending to be excited that he got a lobster.
The next day they call him and ask him to come in to the bar, he thinks he's fucked. What really happened is the machine owner wanted to congratulate him and give him a shirt. Also he accidentally left a towel in the bottom of the machine and the guy asked him about it, and he somehow got away with it.
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I officially love bingo. Walked in with $18, left with $200. Good times! :)
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Fucking awesome. Roll those old folks.
http://laughingsquid.com/bobcat-sitting-on-top-of-40-foot-tall-cactus/
Oh fuck I want a bobcat. I mean, how hard could they be to fight off, they're adorable?
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So I don't suppose anyone here has an invite to what.cd or waffles.fm (or somewhere else that has dubstep in flac...)?
I've been searching for a decent place to obtain more listening material in FLAC and its not easy to find that stuff in that format :/
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That would be a negative.
I did find a surprising amount of, um, PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE FLAC files on a certain widely popular torrent site. That being said, the stuff that I saw was more mainstream, so there was plenty to choose from (FLACs, CUE/FLAC, MP3, CUE/MP3, OGG, you get the idea). I'm sure you're already tried that, though.
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Generally speaking dubstep in FLAC is a lot harder to find especially considering many of the tracks only come as singles.
Sometimes if an album is released it's possible to get a copy of it in FLAC, but most of the time you basically need to be in the scene to get the stuff in FLAC. :/
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I don't drastically see the appeal of dubstep. Not that I hate it, but it seems mediocre overall and people seem to flock to it (at least recently).
Also goddamn, I can never resist these
http://www.humblebundle.com/?hib3
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I don't drastically see the appeal of dubstep. Not that I hate it, but it seems mediocre overall and people seem to flock to it (at least recently).
Also goddamn, I can never resist these
http://www.humblebundle.com/?hib3
Well there's a lot of generic loud dubstep, but there's also quite a few really amazing gems in there.
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You can always try zapping your Firefox profile and starting from scratch. Go into My Computer, your hard drive, then jump into "Documents and Settings" > profile name > "Application Data" > "Mozilla" > "Firefox" > "Profiles", then rename the crazily named directory in there. Just toss a ".old" in there. Now, go to "Documents and Settings" > profile name > "Local Settings" > "Application Data" > "Mozilla" > "Firefox" > "Profiles" and do the same thing.
Now, take a deep breath and relax. You've earned it.
Start up Firefox. It should work quite a bit better now. If you want to get your bookmarks back, grab the "places.sqlite" file from the first directory that I gave you (it's inside of the crazily named directory) and put it in the new one that Firefox created.
alright, did that, renamed the folder ohsnap.old, went to restart firefox and it said it was already running, so I restarted and as soon as I restarted I got the same error, after all that I decided to uninstall and just work off of a fresh install (already saved the old folder). So, uh, what do?
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You could try renaming the entire Mozilla directory in both places. Also, after you uninstall, make sure that the "Program Files\Mozilla Firefox" directory gets completely wiped out.
The two of those combined are the nuclear option. If that doesn't get rid of those stray add-ons then there's something else on your system specifically installing them.
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Welp, uninstalled and then reinstalled firefox, renamed where it supposed to save to, and I'm getting the same problem.
Maybe I should just axe my old folder (have it saved to my desktop, unsure how it would be fucking this up).
Also it's my birth day :3c.
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Kinda weird that it wouldn't be working. That literally removes any and all traces of it. Could the problem be caused by another program?
Also, happy birthday! :D
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Happy late B-day man, lol.
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Oh god, the end of Evo was so fucking hype.
An American (Latif) beat out Daigo, Tokido, and Poongku only to choke REALLY FUCKING HARD on his final fight with Fuudo. Shit was nuts.
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I think I might have enough inspiration to relaunch my blog.
Took me fucking long enough.
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Lol, I usually remember to bug you about it every now and again, but I had given up hope.
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Working 12+ hours a day, every day, is enough to sap any sort of inspiration out of anyone.
I've been insanely busy lately.
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Had an awesome weekend, stayed at a friends house and had a few parties, saw a bunch of old friends + some cool new people so shit was ballin.
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Was 230 pounds a couple months ago. Official weigh-in tonight = 199 pounds! Getting slimmer, working out, getting bigger and more defined! Can't wait 'till I get RIPPED! Haha, it's gonna be awesome.
Also, going to college for computer systems technician! Bring on the studying, ladies and partying! Haha! I'm proud of myself! :)
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Beef cake.
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Can't wait 'till I get RIPPED!
Also, going to college for computer systems technician!
Wait. Wait. Wait wait wait.
You can't be a ripped computer technician. It's just...no.
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Sure I can! I'm unique! Lol.
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Hmm...if you do that, we'll need to market you.
Please do me a favor. When you get ripped and nerdy, please take a picture of yourself dressed as the Angry Video Game Nerd. If you do that, I think my life will be complete.
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I shall...But in the meantime..My mom got married today, and I personally think I look fantastic the way I was dressed and MAY dress like that more often. Pictures to come, and give me your guys' opinions :)
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Glad to hear.
Also I got excited and decided to clean my friends bowl that he lent me. I just realized that I could have gotten an amazing resin hit from it, but I've already started cleaning.
It's always bothered me how people will keep a completely filthy bowl when it's really easy to clean them.
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Here!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/NewF/210.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/NewF/203.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/NewF/202.jpg)
Fuckin' right, I look good :)
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Damn. Looking sharp there, Newfy. :D
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Thank you sir :)
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Damn. Looking sharp there, Newfy. :D
Indeed. Also, I need to check this site more often now D:
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Oh god are you a superhero?
Also I played poker with some friends and got "second" out of 6 people. It was the second game I've ever actually played, which felt good.
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:o NewF is a sexy, sexy beast!
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Hahahaha, I try :P
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Omega is back in the house! Posting from tech school bitches!
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Awesome. How's everything going?
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Omega is back in the house! Posting from tech school bitches!
Yay, you have a computer again. :D
Don't hit me for asking this, but...how was basic?
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Awesome. How's everything going?
Not bad just started classes today and looking over my studies and doing computer stuffs.
Yay, you have a computer again. :D
Don't hit me for asking this, but...how was basic?
A1: Yes and it is rather nice haven't tried it out for gamming yet.
A2:Basic=pure suckage but I became so much stronger on so many levels.
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Not bad just started classes today and looking over my studies and doing computer stuffs.
A1: Yes and it is rather nice haven't tried it out for gamming yet.
A2:Basic=pure suckage but I became so much stronger on so many levels.
Well, you made it :P It's always good to come out of something stronger than you went in.
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I think I've been using the wrong resolution for years. I switched it to 1280 x 960 and everything looks much smaller, but nothing is falling off of the screen and it definitely looks better.
Also my comp seems to be running better, so hopefully my card gets repaired and everything is resolved finally.
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A1: Yes and it is rather nice haven't tried it out for gamming yet.
A2:Basic=pure suckage but I became so much stronger on so many levels.
If you have steam add me Crunkman5000.
Also, if you don't mind me asking, what specifically was so bad about basic? Was it just a constant barrage of hard work or what?
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Lack of sleep, being mentally broken down, and learning shit on a fast pace level...oh yeah I forgot to mention being sick all the time. I had a cold for well over 1 month.
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3 tornadoes heading towards my city. Time to go outside and play :)
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I turned in my job resignation today. I feel unbelievably relieved.
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Oh? What are you planning on doing now?
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I have something lined up that I hope is going to work. Kind of a higher level tech role. I'm going to be able to work normal hours (i.e. 9 to 5 as opposed to 9 until...well, whenever), have actual vacation time (haven't had a full day off in a year and a half), get paid a decent amount, and get relatively inexpensive medical coverage.
If that falls through, I'll probably still be better off doing fast food or grocery store work. I quite literally don't have a life right now, and it's not fair to my friends or myself. My average weekend right now is spent answering work-related calls and a typical weekday involves 10+ hour work days, every day (on Thursday, I didn't get home until 1:30AM, and after that I wound up having to work remotely). It's kind of ridiculous.
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Jesus, that sucks hard. At least you've got way out.
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Just got done playing some tf2 and beat hazard ultra....god did I miss my computer games
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I just wrote perhaps one of the most inefficient OpenGL (technically OpenTK, but it provides roughly 1:1 access to OpenGL in .NET, so yay) program in existence. It displays bitmaps in the most braindead way imaginable -- by rendering every single pixel in the bitmap as a quad. Two polygons per pixel.
Not only does it use an obscene amount of memory (let's just say, I cached the bitmap in memory as a System.Drawing.Color array) but the CPU actually gets gridlocked sending that much data out. I think I get about 3 FPS on a 1280x960 image. No culling to speak of, so if you zoom threw it it'll still attempt to draw everything. Oh, I also didn't bother building display lists or anything that could make drawing more efficient. Take that!
I was kind of disappointed by the results. I figured that modern CPUs would be able to handle a bit more brute forcing than that. I suppose now I'll just have to make it a bit more efficient to see if I can make make the GPU try a little.
Edit: Wow. I threw the entire mess of polys into a display list and now it can do 1920x1200 images at 80-90 FPS on my machine. I suppose the fact that it made that much of a difference isn't too surprising, but what amazed me was how easy it was to use display lists. Changing them, however, is kind of impossible. Perhaps the next step is vertex buffer objects.
This is fun!
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I have something lined up that I hope is going to work. Kind of a higher level tech role. I'm going to be able to work normal hours (i.e. 9 to 5 as opposed to 9 until...well, whenever), have actual vacation time (haven't had a full day off in a year and a half), get paid a decent amount, and get relatively inexpensive medical coverage.
If that falls through, I'll probably still be better off doing fast food or grocery store work. I quite literally don't have a life right now, and it's not fair to my friends or myself. My average weekend right now is spent answering work-related calls and a typical weekday involves 10+ hour work days, every day (on Thursday, I didn't get home until 1:30AM, and after that I wound up having to work remotely). It's kind of ridiculous.
Good luck man, you definitely deserve it.
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Damn right you deserve it!
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Thanks for the support, guys. :] I'll let you know how things go.
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When I get back to Ohio you better be ready that weekend I come because we are going to PARTY!
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I'll totally come up for a party!
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I just wrote perhaps one of the most inefficient OpenGL (technically OpenTK, but it provides roughly 1:1 access to OpenGL in .NET, so yay) program in existence. It displays bitmaps in the most braindead way imaginable -- by rendering every single pixel in the bitmap as a quad. Two polygons per pixel.
Not only does it use an obscene amount of memory (let's just say, I cached the bitmap in memory as a System.Drawing.Color array) but the CPU actually gets gridlocked sending that much data out. I think I get about 3 FPS on a 1280x960 image. No culling to speak of, so if you zoom threw it it'll still attempt to draw everything. Oh, I also didn't bother building display lists or anything that could make drawing more efficient. Take that!
I was kind of disappointed by the results. I figured that modern CPUs would be able to handle a bit more brute forcing than that. I suppose now I'll just have to make it a bit more efficient to see if I can make make the GPU try a little.
Edit: Wow. I threw the entire mess of polys into a display list and now it can do 1920x1200 images at 80-90 FPS on my machine. I suppose the fact that it made that much of a difference isn't too surprising, but what amazed me was how easy it was to use display lists. Changing them, however, is kind of impossible. Perhaps the next step is vertex buffer objects.
This is fun!
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Yeah, I've written my own BMP loader before. Outside of some of the odd header fields, the format is very simple. The only gotcha is that each line has to be a length that is a multiple of 4. For instance, if you have an image that is 17 pixels wide, each line will be considered 20 pixels. You would simply plot 17 pixels and discard the last three. Oh, they're also drawn from bottom to top. Easy peasy.
I've also written a loader for 256 color PCX files. Annoyingly enough, the format did not match the specifications. :x Still, I was able to get it to read them. I never did get around to finishing that 16 color PCX loader...
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That discarding thing is kinda lame... you'd have thought that back then they'd do anything in their power not to waste space, considering BMPs were around when memory and hard drive space were still at a premium.
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I'll totally come up for a party!
Hell yeah!
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That discarding thing is kinda lame... you'd have thought that back then they'd do anything in their power not to waste space, considering BMPs were around when memory and hard drive space were still at a premium.
BMPs were never intended to save space or memory (they could either be uncompressed or use RLE, and the latter is only space efficient in very specific cases). They were intended purely to perform well. That is why rows are aligned at 4-byte boundaries -- that is the native dword size for Intel processors. It's faster for it to do that than to read it pixel-by-pixel or read past the end of the line and backtrack. That also saves them from having to specifically check for the end of the file, since reading past the end of the line could potentially cause that to happen on the last row.
Edit: Speaking of GLBMP, I said "meh" and made it use textures:
(http://files.spectere.net/projects/glbmp/Textures.jpg)
*VERY SLIGHT* framerate gain and a major reduction in poly count. Gee, I wonder why! I have to say, video cards are much better at handling 3982x2987 textures than they used to be. I've been learning quite a bit about fill rate during these wonderful experiments as well. Fun fact: zooming into the image that's currently loaded causes the framerate to increase as you get closer.
There is also absolutely no perceivable performance benefit to using display lists on a two poly surface. Who woulda guessed?
I think my next step will be to divvy up to the surface and make it wiggle and stuff. Wobbly windows, here we come!
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I'm still surprised that they didn't try to engineer some space saving stuff into the format. It just seems that everything from that sort of era had space saving techniques and such applied to them.
I need to get back into programming. I'm currently trying to make a simple game kinda reminiscent of nethack etc. using console "graphics" (in other worse, codepage 437).
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They did try to engineer some space saving stuff into the format -- RLE. Basically, if there was a straight run of 50 pixels with the color index 5, it would simply have something like 0x32 0x05 rather than a straight run of 0x05. It had the advantage of being very fast, even on 8086 systems (which is what DIB/BMPs were made for, really). PCX's compression is nothing more than RLE, and it was popular for the same reason -- it was fast, even on low-end systems.
With speed comes a price. If you have an image that consists of nothing but vertical bands, RLE isn't going to do squat. But considering actual compressed formats like JPEG were known to take up to a minute to display on a system that could bring a BMP up instantly, I don't think people were too concerned.
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Ahh, I didn't realize BMPs have RLE in them. It's too bad RLE only works for horizontal runs though.
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Yep. It does make sense, though, since that pretty much matches how linear video memory is laid out.
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Aubrey Plaza is adorable.
I feel wildly depressed, and I don't think I can properly vent about it.
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So I've decided to use Internet Explorer 9 this week because Chrome's performance has been getting worse and worse these past months (I've experienced this issue on my i7-930, an i7-950 at my old job, an iMac with an i3-530, a Core Duo 1.73GHz, and a Pentium-M 1.73GHz, so it's definitely related to Chrome itself) and Firefox isn't doing anything to wow me either, especially with their new extension-crushing versioning system (which effectively nullifies the main reason people have for using Firefox in the first place...go team!).
It really kind of amazes me that Google, of all companies, doesn't make any attempt to take advantage of some of the neat features in IE9. If you have Windows 7 and IE9, sign into Windows Live (http://www.live.com/) using IE9 and drag the tab to your taskbar. Close the window and right-click the icon. It displays a task list like an actual program, displaying a crisp icon and allowing you to jump directly to your mail, calendar, etc. Yahoo? Same thing. Google? Hell naw. Even though the number and richness of services that they provide, not to mention their cloud philosophy, would make that a perfect candidate, they neglect to support the dominant browser on the dominant OS. Here's a hint, Google: ignoring IE isn't going to help you sell more insanely overpriced Chromebooks.
Speaking of ignoring IE, you should see the treatment that Google gives Windows Phone. Even though my phone can support the full version of the site, Google has the audacity to deliver me a fucking WAP site for their services. Really, Google? If IE was still outdated that would be one thing, but IE9 is a very competent browser. Last time I checked, it offered the most compliant ECMAScript implementation out of all the major browsers in use now. IE10 only fails 4 tests, which is simply incredible considering other browsers tend to fail hundreds of them. And yet I get served a WAP site. Good show. Really. It's a good thing WP7's mail client has native support for Gmail, because the way it treats modern mobile IE is just insulting. And here I thought that Google was a cutting edge company supporting the latest web technologies.
Edit: Well, I went off on a tangent there.
To conclude this blahblah-turned-rant post, I'm probably going to use IE9 on this system and Opera on my laptop (which is running XP, sadly, and can't run IE9...sigh, why did the video card on my newer one have to commit seppuku?).
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Double post to say that I truly think that I could use IE9 as my primary browser.
Excellent fucking job, Microsoft. Seriously. I haven't tried Opera on this system yet, but against Chrome and Firefox, IE9 is the fastest by far. It's as fast as Google Chrome used to be at around version 8 or 9 (i.e. instant startup, fast page loads).
On my WinPhone, it does everything significantly faster than Mobile Safari does on my 4th gen iPod touch. Safari tends to lag when scrolling around large pages. Mobile IE 9 doesn't do it nearly as much. It's amazing how far Microsoft has come in such a short time. It's a shame they didn't keep up with their momentum after IE6 came out (a lot of people forget that IE6 was actually a damn good browser -- possibly the best -- when it was released). If they did, things would have been a lot different.
Edit: I've got my eyes on this: http://www.daskeyboard.com/model-s-professional-silent/ (http://www.daskeyboard.com/model-s-professional-silent/)
It uses Cherry MX Browns, so it should be great for both typing and games. I'd love to get the regular Das Keyboard, with the Blues, but that switch design doesn't favor gaming whatsoever. If I really wanted to spend $300 on keyboards, I'd get both the clicky Das Keyboard Professional and a SteelSeries 7S (which uses Cherry MX Black switches, which are excellent for games but offer no tactile response), but that seems a bit excessive to me. :p
I might just wind up getting the clicky Das and using my current G15 (or Logitech Elite) for games that require a lot of key bouncing. I dunno; haven't decided just yet.
Edit 2: Installed Opera on my laptop, as promised. So far so fast!
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Just got done watching AMV Hell 5..I have to say it redeems the series after the folly of 4.
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Double post to say that I truly think that I could use IE9 as my primary browser.
Excellent fucking job, Microsoft. Seriously. I haven't tried Opera on this system yet, but against Chrome and Firefox, IE9 is the fastest by far. It's as fast as Google Chrome used to be at around version 8 or 9 (i.e. instant startup, fast page loads).
On my WinPhone, it does everything significantly faster than Mobile Safari does on my 4th gen iPod touch. Safari tends to lag when scrolling around large pages. Mobile IE 9 doesn't do it nearly as much. It's amazing how far Microsoft has come in such a short time. It's a shame they didn't keep up with their momentum after IE6 came out (a lot of people forget that IE6 was actually a damn good browser -- possibly the best -- when it was released). If they did, things would have been a lot different.
Edit: I've got my eyes on this: http://www.daskeyboard.com/model-s-professional-silent/ (http://www.daskeyboard.com/model-s-professional-silent/)
It uses Cherry MX Browns, so it should be great for both typing and games. I'd love to get the regular Das Keyboard, with the Blues, but that switch design doesn't favor gaming whatsoever. If I really wanted to spend $300 on keyboards, I'd get both the clicky Das Keyboard Professional and a SteelSeries 7S (which uses Cherry MX Black switches, which are excellent for games but offer no tactile response), but that seems a bit excessive to me. :p
I might just wind up getting the clicky Das and using my current G15 (or Logitech Elite) for games that require a lot of key bouncing. I dunno; haven't decided just yet.
Edit 2: Installed Opera on my laptop, as promised. So far so fast!
Damn good keyboard selections! I REALLY want to have enough disposable income that I can actually buy a good keyboard. I absolutely ABHOR the scissor switches in my laptop keyboard. They don't trigger properly if you hit the edge of the key, they're squishy, and I get so many typos because of them.
Also, this is quite possibly one of the coolest documentaries in production right now: http://www.vimeo.com/29565833
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Just got done watching AMV Hell 5..I have to say it redeems the series after the folly of 4.
Ooh, thanks for the heads up. I didn't realize AMV Hell 5 was out. ;D
Damn good keyboard selections! I REALLY want to have enough disposable income that I can actually buy a good keyboard. I absolutely ABHOR the scissor switches in my laptop keyboard. They don't trigger properly if you hit the edge of the key, they're squishy, and I get so many typos because of them.
I actually greatly prefer scissor switches to rubber domes switches. At least the one that Dell uses on their keyboards. I can't speak for most other vendors, though I find HP keyboards pretty pleasant to use (even if the rest of their hardware is unreliable junk...and I speak from considerable experience on this).
I do greatly prefer the newer Dell keyboards over the older ones, but they're both very good. My Inspiron E1705 keyboard is far clickier and more responsive than the one on my Inspiron 9300, but, sadly, the connector is different, so I can't transplant it into the older system. One of the reasons that I play VVVVVV on my laptop more than my desktop is because the keyboard on it is so much more crisp and responsive than -- get this -- my G15 gaming keyboard.
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Well this one they feel really squishy, and if you hit the side of the key instead of directly in the middle you can miss causing it to register a press, since you need to press the key pretty much all the way down. I'd much rather a mechanical keyboard D:
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Yeah, it sounds like your laptop manufacturer just has contempt for its users. Well-designed scissor keys should be crisp and responsive.
I have a full-sized keyboard that uses scissor keys and, if it had better n-key rollover, I'd probably use that over my G15.
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Oh yeah, and another mildly annoying feature is that due to the design I can't use ZX ./ for Stepmania, I have to use XC instead of ZX :/ It throws me off a bit, not that I'm any good any more.
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I decided that I want to upgrade the amount of RAM I have in my computer only to find out that I am forced to use DDR and not DDR2 or 3. Does anyone even carry DDR anymore? It probably won't go any higher than 1GB either, will it?
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I decided that I want to upgrade the amount of RAM I have in my computer only to find out that I am forced to use DDR and not DDR2 or 3. Does anyone even carry DDR anymore? It probably won't go any higher than 1GB either, will it?
If you have your computer or motherboard model, you can go to Crucial's web site (http://www.crucial.com/) to determine what your board will support and what type of memory it uses.
DDR memory is still being sold on most major online stores. I actually ordered a DDR SODIMM recently for a fairly low price for my iMac G4.
Edit: Oh yeah, I started using Opera a bit on my laptop, as promised. As always, it's blazing fast as ever. And, of course, it's kind of nice using the thing that inspired Firefox 4's new layout (did I say inspired? I mean Mozilla pretty much CTRL+C/V'd it without really adding anything of value...well, until they lifted a feature that IE 7 or 8 popularized and threw it in FF5, but I digress).
I love it for its speed on my aging laptop and its awesome rendering engine, but I really dislike its UI for two good reasons: the number of clicks that it takes to make a private tab (probably configurable, but other browsers essentially standardized CTRL-SHIFT-P...except for Google, but they're "special"). The second reason, which is the biggest one, is that the tabs don't go all the way to to the top of the window. They sort of look like they do, so you would expect that you could jam your mouse (or touchpad, in my case, which makes the problem that much worse) to the top of the window and select a tab. This is not so. You have to move the cursor down a few pixels and then click to activate the tab. What makes the problem worse is that Opera doesn't support a common key combo for tab switching -- CTRL-PGUP and CTRL-PGDN. Again, you may be able to configure it like that, but they really need to keep up with their keyboard shortcuts if they want people to be able to adapt to their browser.
I'll play with it a bit more, but at this rate I might go back to the big and bloated fox, just for convenience sake (or maybe use Chrome on my laptop...we'll see).
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Oh come on, CTRL+SHIFT N is not hard, hell, I use my left hand fr CTRL+SHIFT so its just as easy to hit N as it would be P. And when I use my right hand for it it's easier than P would be, since it's a small cluster.
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When did I say that it was hard to hit? Might want to read that second to last paragraph again. Opera's less-than-full-height tabs that are a few pixels from the window border are overly difficult to hit with the mouse cursor, not CTRL+ALT+P.
My issue with CTRL+ALT+P is that there are two extremely popular browsers (as in, consisting of over 75% of the browser market share -- probably more) that use CTRL+ALT+P. It would be far from difficult to add another binding in to make transitioning between browsers easier. The only two companies that seem to be watching the playing field and keeping things semi-consistent are Microsoft and Mozilla.
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Wasn't trying to imply that you said it was hard to hit :/ I just meant that I liked it more than the "standard" shortcut for the reasons I mentioned... I could care less about consistency in browsers for what shortcut they make something, if I plan on sticking with 1 browser for a long time... I still find that every time I end up using IE 9 it feels sluggish to me, and FF just doesn't feel right to me any more. Chrome's really minimal interface, and still fast speeds.
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Wasn't trying to imply that you said it was hard to hit :/
Oh come on, CTRL+SHIFT N is not hard, hell, I use my left hand fr CTRL+SHIFT so its just as easy to hit N as it would be P.
^ Not sure how you expect me to interpret that any other way, honestly.
I just meant that I liked it more than the "standard" shortcut for the reasons I mentioned... I could care less about consistency in browsers for what shortcut they make something, if I plan on sticking with 1 browser for a long time...
The thing is, with the number of good browsers out there now, it's hard to justify not keeping things consistent. Even if you don't count end-users, picture what web designers have to go through. On top of rendering engines that give slightly different results they have to deal with a multitude of different interfaces. And again, IE and Firefox managed to come to a silent consensus on most of their common commands. Considering they're the two top browsers by far, you'd think Apple, Google, and Opera would be paying more attention.
To add to that, why do you think most of the common shortcuts are identical between Windows, Mac OS, and various X11 environments? Consisistency, even between platforms, is crucial for adoption. Why is it easier for me to jump between using keyboard commands on Windows and Mac OS X than it is to jump between IE and Chrome?
I still find that every time I end up using IE 9 it feels sluggish to me, and FF just doesn't feel right to me any more. Chrome's really minimal interface, and still fast speeds.
On every system I've used lately (and we're talking about four different boxes with a wide range of specs), IE9 has been the fastest on systems that it runs on, followed by Opera, followed by Chrome, followed by IE8 (on my laptop, which has XP), followed by Firefox. IE shares a lot of "problems" with Windows, as in most of its problems are caused solely by a third-party. The only systems that I'd say ran IE9 poorly are ones that had a bunch of add-ons or were riddled with toolbars. Adobe Reader is a great example of a bad "legit" plugin. Bad coding ruins everything.
Edit: As I suspected, I was able to customize Opera's keyboard shortcuts to make it work in a way that I'm used to. Its flexibility proved to be quite a boon, too, since I was able to use Chrome's private browsing shortcut to open a new private tab and IE/Firefox's shortcut to open a new private window. Not too shabby.
As for the tabs not stretching to the top of the screen, I'll just have to live with that. To illustrate what I'm talking about, here's a snip:
(http://i.imgur.com/QNvHb.png)
As you can see, the tabs do not extend to the top of the screen. In fact, double-clicking the space on top will restore/maximize the window, just as double-clicking on the taskbar would. Right-clicking brings up the context menu for Opera's main window, not the one for the tabs.
Like I said, this probably wouldn't be a big deal with a more precise pointing device, like a mouse or trackball, but on a trackpad it's very irritating. Thankfully, Opera's flexibility makes that easier to deal with by allowing me to customize the tab switch shortcut keys back to the familiar CTRL+PGUP and CTRL+PGDN, so I'm satisfied.
So yeah, Opera is definitely remaining my browser of choice on my laptop. It's fast, flexible, and exceedingly compliant, so I'll keep it.
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would you recommend IE9? I swear I have some plugin that causes memory leaks with chrome and every time I check my running programs it has like 9 things that say chrome.
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Sorry spec, my sleep schedule is messed up, and I didn't really pay as much attention to your post before I wrote that as I should have.
I do like when there's some consistency between competing products, but I do still prefer CTRL+SHIFT+N. It just makes more sense to me that to get a new window, you press CTRL+N, and if you want to modify that window to become a private window, you just hold down shift, and voila. I should point out that CTRL+N is extremely natural and is already part of windows.
I'd consider this to be an issue like that XP and Vista stuff (you know, Vista moving options to places that actually made sense, but bothered people because it wasn't the same as XP...) CTRL-N and CTRL-SHIFT-N make more sense than CTRL-N and CTRL-SHIFT-P.
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would you recommend IE9? I swear I have some plugin that causes memory leaks with chrome and every time I check my running programs it has like 9 things that say chrome.
Very much so. However, aren't you running Windows XP? IE9 does not support Windows XP. There's just too many things that rely on Vista/7 at this point.
If you're still on XP, Opera is a good choice. Just know that you might have to do some configuration and adaption to make it work for you if you're used to other browsers.
I do like when there's some consistency between competing products, but I do still prefer CTRL+SHIFT+N. It just makes more sense to me that to get a new window, you press CTRL+N, and if you want to modify that window to become a private window, you just hold down shift, and voila. I should point out that CTRL+N is extremely natural and is already part of windows.
I'd consider this to be an issue like that XP and Vista stuff (you know, Vista moving options to places that actually made sense, but bothered people because it wasn't the same as XP...) CTRL-N and CTRL-SHIFT-N make more sense than CTRL-N and CTRL-SHIFT-P.
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In a sense, I do agree, but private browsing is a major mode shift as well. Considering the implications of it (i.e. not saving history, not using or saving cookies, etc) I don't think it makes sense to consider it a simple modifier of the new window button.
In Firefox, CTRL-SHIFT-P does make a great deal of sense, since it doesn't merely open a private window, since Firefox can't handle having private and non-private windows open at once.
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In Firefox, CTRL-SHIFT-P does make a great deal of sense, since it doesn't merely open a private window, since Firefox can't handle having private and non-private windows open at once.
Thats... Not very cool.
I did not know that about FF. One more reason to stick to Chrome over FF, in my book. I see what you mean about that making less sense for Firefox.
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Yep. It's funny how IE seemed to be the first browser to get private browsing right. If I've got my history right, Safari was the first browser to feature it, but its implementation is almost identical to Firefox's. In fact, I'd say that Firefox lifted its implementation from Safari, except for the fact that they got it wrong. Safari's private browsing mode is unique, as it doesn't sppear to function. The browser just picks up from where it left off like nothing happened. When you click it on, the browser stops collecting history from that point forward. It's far less jarring than Firefox's implementation.
Firefox's implementation also nukes the clipboard when Firefox loses focus in InPrivate mode. I don't think I have to explain why this is, quite possible, the stupidest fucking design decision on the face of the planet. I think that speaks volumes about Mozilla's arrogance -- they seem to think that their browser owns the system clipboard. Assholes.
IE is the first one that I consider to be usable, and that's the model that Google used for Chrome. IE8's InPrivate mode, from day 1, popped open a new private window. Additionally, it displayed "InPrivate" to the left of the address bar, making it clear that the browser would not record any data from within that window.
Opera's implementation is kind of strange. Rather than using the concept of a private window, it uses private tabs. If you spawn a new tab from within a private tab, it'll create a private tab by default. Similarly, opening a link within a private tab will spawn another private tab. The only indication that a tab is private is a doorhanger icon on the tab itself, in place of a favicon. I'm not a fan of this implementation, as it takes a bit of scanning to see which tab is private and which one isn't, especially on a high resolution screen. Still, it's not horrible, and it is very flexible, so it does fit the browser that it was designed for.
TL;DR version: When it comes to private browsing: IE/Chrome > Opera > Safari >>>>>>>>>>>> Firefox
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I don't hate the idea of private tabs, sometimes I wish that I didn't need a new window for private stuff, like say banking or something. Kinda interesting that it actually has private tabs instead of separate windows.
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The problem isn't the concept of private tabs, it's the difficulty in telling the difference between private tabs and regular tabs. I literally didn't notice any difference in the tab itself, only the favicon.
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I was just saying I don't really hate the idea of private tabs, I do think that the favicon being the only way to tell them from normal ones is shitty though.
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Just fired up Gran Turismo 5 because I've been in a racing mood lately, and I figured I'd share the love (I've been mainly playing Forza 3).
HELLO, 1GB+ of updates! Yikes!
Well, on the bright side, at least they've added and fixed a ton of things. Maybe it won't be Bumpercar Turismo as much now (at least Bumpercar Motorsport 3 has a rewind feature so that you can undo the AI's "mistakes").
Edit: Speaking of Forza, I was pretty amazed to see that they had a 2009 Chevy Aveo5 LT. Like every other car in Forza, even if you're using automatic shifting, it still simulates a car with a manual gearbox. The thing that's amazing here (aside from the fact that the Aveo is the last car I pictured being in a racing game) is that my dad happens to own a 2009 Chevy Aveo5 LT with a manual transmission. I am actually very impressed at how closely Forza handles the car's acceleration characteristics and handling. Even the shift time feels about right.
I've also driven a car that I "own" in Gran Turismo 5. A friend of mine has a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder and, coincidentally enough, that popped up in my used car lot in only a few in-game days in the exact same color. I'm pretty sure that GT5 simulates the transmission in the same way that Forza does (i.e. automate shifting, not simulate a real automatic) but aside from differences in acceleration I remember it feeling pretty close to the same.
Gotta love it. :)
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Back from Opeth concert, and it was surprisingly awesome. Mikael was goddamn awesome and did a fair ammount of crowd warming, also they did a lot of cool new takes on their songs. Only thing I disliked is the fact that they never did any of their more metal stuff, he never screamed once.
Still, when they did porcelain heart they fucking killed it.
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Lucky bastard. And yeah, after listening to Mikael seems to do a lot of crowd warming. Kinda sucks that they didn't do their harder stuff, and I hope they're not permanently moving away form that stuff, but some of their new stuff is still fucking amazing.
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RIP Steve Jobs.
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More like rest in peace AMERICAN jobs.
eeh eeeeeeeeeeeeeh?
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RIP Steve Jobs.
They could have saved him...sadly the defib ran on flash.
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ba-dum-tis
Also I was reading some random creepy stories off of reddit and I was reminded of something that happened to me a while back. Long story short, I had a surprisingly vivid dream about an event that happened like weeks later, and when it happened I had this massive wave of deja vu. I can remember having actual real life events mimic each other in an creepy way, but I swear I've had a few dreams that loosely predicted real life events that happened later.
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More "exciting" browser stuff on my laptop: I dumped Opera and went to Chrome. In an extra-ordinary change of character, Opera decided to get crash-happy. I pinpointed it to the memory usage growing perpetually as it stayed running when a plugin was present on one of the web sites that I was visiting. For instance, if I were to go on YouTube and let the browser idle, the memory usage would seem to get worse and worse, and Opera would eventually cause the entire system to start dragging (my laptop uses a single core Pentium M). It's not an issue with Flash itself, as I used Firefox in the exact same way and its plugin container never ballooned, so I can only assume that it's a bug in Opera.
I believe that it's plugin system in general was flawed. Watching any sort of streaming video on this system was literally impossible, while both IE8 and Firefox 7 were able to play 720p YouTube videos (which I think is impressive, considering the age of the system and the video card that it's equipped with). Opera managed about 0.2 fps on 360p content, which is not an exaggeration in the slightest.
Considering how I use my laptop (i.e. hibernating and sleeping instead of shutting down, and expecting to be able to use my web browser between usage sessions), that was unacceptable. I'm back on Chrome on this machine and it really does seem snappy as far as XP browsers go. It's kind of a shame that Opera didn't work out, as I rather like it.
I'm still happy with IE9 on my desktop machine so far. There are a few niggles (not being able to CTRL+PGUP/PGDN between tabs is very ARGH sometimes) but nothing too horrid. It took less adjustment than going from IE9 to Opera, but it wasn't as straight-forward as going from Firefox to Chrome.
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I'm pretty sure my chrome has a memory leak. Leaving it open and then trying to use it again makes it initially really sluggish.
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I'm a week late for this, but: RIP Dennis Ritchie.
What's with all of the computer people dying lately? :(
I'm pretty sure my chrome has a memory leak. Leaving it open and then trying to use it again makes it initially really sluggish.
I don't recall experiencing anything like that when I was using Chrome...13-ish on my Desktop. I almost never close my browser on this system.
You're not using one of the beta releases, are you? It would really be a shame if Google started putting out unstable releases. Then again, if it was a long-standing issue, it could explain why Chrome suddenly started running relatively poorly before I stopped using it.
Edit: This post on the Opera forums is a year old, but mirrors my experiences with Opera on this system: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=581922 (http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=581922). Not good.
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More "exciting" browser stuff on my laptop: I dumped Opera and went to Chrome. In an extra-ordinary change of character, Opera decided to get crash-happy. I pinpointed it to the memory usage growing perpetually as it stayed running when a plugin was present on one of the web sites that I was visiting. For instance, if I were to go on YouTube and let the browser idle, the memory usage would seem to get worse and worse, and Opera would eventually cause the entire system to start dragging (my laptop uses a single core Pentium M). It's not an issue with Flash itself, as I used Firefox in the exact same way and its plugin container never ballooned, so I can only assume that it's a bug in Opera.
I believe that it's plugin system in general was flawed. Watching any sort of streaming video on this system was literally impossible, while both IE8 and Firefox 7 were able to play 720p YouTube videos (which I think is impressive, considering the age of the system and the video card that it's equipped with). Opera managed about 0.2 fps on 360p content, which is not an exaggeration in the slightest.
Considering how I use my laptop (i.e. hibernating and sleeping instead of shutting down, and expecting to be able to use my web browser between usage sessions), that was unacceptable. I'm back on Chrome on this machine and it really does seem snappy as far as XP browsers go. It's kind of a shame that Opera didn't work out, as I rather like it.
I'm still happy with IE9 on my desktop machine so far. There are a few niggles (not being able to CTRL+PGUP/PGDN between tabs is very ARGH sometimes) but nothing too horrid. It took less adjustment than going from IE9 to Opera, but it wasn't as straight-forward as going from Firefox to Chrome.
Well gee ionno I leave my Operas open for months and that never happens :< glad you're happy with your new browser though!!!
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Well gee ionno I leave my Operas open for months and that never happens :< glad you're happy with your new browser though!!!
Somehow I knew that was coming. XD luv u
The weird thing is that I've used Opera on plenty of other systems without having an issue. I don't know if it just has issues with a particular version of Flash or what, but all I know is that it's okay without Flash and crashes after a couple of days (which isn't bad, but I'm kind of bitter about losing the contents of a few of my tabs) on sites that have Flash.
Oh well, as long as I don't have to put up with Firefox* I'm okay.
*Which is a browser that sports a 10 second startup time on my laptop with no addons installed (compared to IE8 at around 4-5 on MSN.com and Chrome and Opera at 1-2 with their default pages) from a dev team that has the audacity to bash every other browser while theirs falls further and further behind the curve? Fuck you, Mozilla. Seriously, fuck you.
Edit: To be fair, Firefox 7 (which I only use for streaming videos, and that's only because AdBlock Plus is so damn good) does start up very quickly on my desktop machine most of the time -- which is a massive improvement over 4, and especially 3.x -- that still doesn't defend the shitty attitude that the devs have to competition. All they did when they realized that IE9 was actually going to be a good browser in its own right was bash it and try to cut it down. While some of Microsoft's marketing claims were a bit gimmicky (yeah, hardware acceleration, we get it), the fact that the Mozilla devs lined up to take potshots is nothing short of ridiculous.
A perfect example is the controversy over IE9's SunSpider results. A Mozilla developer essentially accused Microsoft of cheating the test while, in reality, the low benchmark score was caused by Internet Explorer 9 essentially eliminating no-ops from the code. Namely, a function that does a ton of work without returning any meaningful results. He then mentioned that the function wound up running as expected when he put some sort of return value at the end of it.
Okay, how can I say this tactfully? Let's see. First of all, if you're writing an interpreter of some sort and don't know what dead code elimination is, you should probably consider maintaining another part of the codebase. Second of all, if you're really surprised that making the function return a meaningful value negates dead code elimination, you should probably consider maintaining a different part of the codebase. Seriously, I'm an idiot compared to some of these engineers and these optimizations are mindnumbingly obvious to me.
CONSPIRACY THEORIST ALERT: I think it's seriously an attempt to kick up some FUD. Mozilla either is, or is close, to being the dominant browser and is now running into the exact same issues that caused IE6 to get shitcanned in the popular votes. Microsoft has released their first respectable web browser in a while, so what's the best way to curb another increase in market share? Simple: to discredit it. People are far more likely to whine about Microsoft than an open source project, after all, even if they're a completely unfair target for once.
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I've been toying with the head unit in my car for the past week to try and squeeze as many decibles out of my current speakers as I can. Strangely enough, I've had that deck for eight years now and I haven't stopped finding settings that would allow me to make better use out of my hardware.
My change yesterday trumped all so far. My deck has a mode called SF-EQ that pushes different frequencies out of the front and rear interior speakers. Essentially, this will let you push lower midrange and bass out of the rear speakers and upper midrange and treble out of the front speakers and/or tweeters.
Before I continue, this is what I'm dealing with right now. I have a Pioneer DEH-5500MP head unit (4x50W peak, 4x22W RMS) with a P-bus auxiliary adapter installed. My car uses 6" speakers all around. I'm not sure what the models for my speakers are (and I don't feel like popping the door panels and rear shelf off, thank you), but I have a set of 6" 2-way Rockford-Fosgates in the rear and a set of 4-way Pioneers in the front. The Fosgates deliver reasonable bass and excellent midrange with poor treble while the Pioneers deliver decent bass, good midrange, and fantastic treble (it has two little tweeters on it, so if you push the 10-12k range up, hihats and cymbals are ear-piercing).
As anyone would guess, the problem that I always ran into was that too much bass would cause the front speakers to distort and too much treble would cause the rear speakers to distort. I'd tried to use SF-EQ in the past to mitigate that, but while it seems like a no-brainer, the configuration options are lacking, to say the least. There is no real way to adjust the cutoff. It's pretty much just "somewhere in the middle of what you might consider to be 'midrange.'" So, obviously, it takes quite a bit of dicking around to be able to figure out how in the hell you're supposed to make it sound decent. I've figured out the secret to taming it a bit, and it's a very subtle one -- the fader. Setting it to the rear increases the perception of bass and setting it to the front increases the treble. It seems obvious, but when you consider that there are three other ways to adjust the bass and treble it's easy to neglect.
I threw a bunch of different music at it from every genre that I have on my iPod and found that I have to go back to Ex-EQ for songs with heavy midrange, as the EQ behaves strangely when you reduce the midrange (probably due to the fact that there are so many seemingly unrelated settings for it) and pushing more bass on the front speakers helps that. In some other cases, the bass frequencies creep a bit too high and move into midrange territory and cause the rear speakers to distort, so I have to play with the midrange band to exclude that (which, in turn, negatively affects other songs...sigh).
In other songs, most notably anything on Celldweller's first CD (haven't tried anything past that), it sounds incredible. With Ex-EQ I'd have to cut the volume back to get reasonable bass or cut back on the bass to get louder overall volume. With SF-EQ I drove the speakers hard and they didn't distort. The bass wasn't as loud as it would be with a subwoofer, but it was at least there, which is more than I could say about my previous settings.
Unfortunately, now I'm running into limitations of what the amplifier can handle. Oh well...
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Actually, I take that back about Opera -- admittedly, I'm using an older version in Kubuntu on my iMac, but every time there's a flash video on a page and I try to navigate to another page, there's a slight chance that Opera will crash altogether. It only happens in linux on my iMac and it's pretty uncommon. I'm running a much newer version of Opera on my Windows XP (lol) box and it's never done anything like that.
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Phone interview with Amazon tonight for an internship position.
(http://i.imgur.com/ozvTT.jpg)
(borrowed from http://futilitymistress.deviantart.com/art/I-M-NAUSEOUS-33900141, courtesy of Google)
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We believe in your ability to be awesome!
(except for that Spectere guy. But he's a dick.)
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Good luck man, hope everything goes/has gone well.
Phone interviews suck :/
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(except for that Spectere guy. But he's a dick.)
I believe in Filburt.
(but seriously, good luck, bro ;D)
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TAM-
PONS
So I was woken up this morning to find that one of my cats, who was running around and seemed fine, was laying dead in my living room carpet. No one seems to know what happened to her, but my mom thinks a spider might have bit her (she had a big bruise and a bump like a bite when she was sitting on the computer, where this cat usually sits). So I'm guessing that why, that or it was some sort of heart attack.
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Sorry to hear that, man. :(
It's amazing how much they become part of the family. It was pretty surreal when our dog died a few years ago. It was odd not having her around.
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Thanks, but honestly my dad was pretty happy about it. The cat would CONSATNTLY pee in the house and attack our other cat. Still, sad to see her die.
That leaves 1 pet left after 4 a few years ago.
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Damn. I had a cat die a couple years ago, and that was awkward for a while. I'd had her my whole life (She was actually older than I was).
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http://gallery.rptools.net/v/contrib/Kalgaras/Female+Token+1.png.html
I've been beating my head against bricks trying to find the original image for this. Halp plz :V
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Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia.
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THANK YOU :-* :-* :-*
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http://slzr24.deviantart.com/art/Castlevania-142465074
TinEye is useful.
Edit: It looks like they cropped this: http://qupic.deviantart.com/art/2-17quickshot-154464204 because of the background color.
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I KNEW there had to be something like TinEye around but didn't try hard enough looking for it apparently :P
Thanks, both of you! I got the version of that image off of the official Order of Ecclesia site with the blue background (basically redid that MapTool token at a higher res...) and grabbed some other BGs as well. The game itself sounds pretty interesting, but I went by a used game store today and I'd just bought a $50 book and wasn't feeling like forking over an additional $30 for a new game :w
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So Maddox wrote a surprisingly good article: http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=vegetarian_test (http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=vegetarian_test)
He actually makes a good point and backs it up. It's like he brought his past self back or something!
Edit: Two in a row: http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=message_to_cops (http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=message_to_cops). I'm scared.
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Hahahahahahahahahaha :D
related:
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101125060813/scottpilgrim/images/thumb/a/a4/Scott_pilgrim_fight.gif/830px-Scott_pilgrim_fight.gif)
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^ DANG.
Also, there's an amusing trend that I'm noticing: it seems as though people who actually race cars consider Forza 4 to have a superior physics model to Gran Turismo 5 while people who aren't old enough to drive a car repeatedly insist that Gran Turismo 5 is more realistic. Hmm.
There's an ad hominem attack hidden in this post somewhere. Try to find it!
In other news, I picked up Forza 4 lately. Hot damn.
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If I've told you once, Spec, I've told you a thousand times. STOP. RIDICULING. THE DUTCH.
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I'm an ovo-lacto vegetarian. I am, in fact, one of those assholes that won't eat meat even in cases where it won't make a difference. I only buy free-range eggs, too. I find it incredibly ironic that I even bought Maddox's "For every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three" t-shirt after I read his first article on vegetarianism.
I don't think I'm a dick about my vegetarianism, and I certainly try to not be pretentious about it. It's not a big deal, and too many people make a fuss over it. I'm just trying to help out where I can, and I know that my diet is making a difference.
I didn't even plan on being vegetarian. My girlfriend is vegetarian, and after being with her after a couple months, I saw how easy it was and decided to try it out after I had incidentally already gone 4 days without meat. I have a few reasons why I stuck with it, but I don't think it's worth getting into in this post.
ANYWAYS...
I've never had pet die on me, for some reason my family has always found new homes for them when we moved. Which is funny after 2 dogs, 3 cats, a bird, a fish, and 2 chinchillas. What.
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So our favorite spikey haired blue suit wearing defense attorney is in UMVC3...who doesn't want to play as Nick with Maya to help out? :)
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Holy shit Zak :3c
Also my sister is a vegan, at least to some extent. She has been for almost 5 or so years now, which honestly surprises me.
So our favorite spikey haired blue suit wearing defense attorney is in UMVC3...who doesn't want to play as Nick with Maya to help out? :)
His level 3 super looks fucking awesome.
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His level 3 super looks fucking awesome.
Agreed so fucking epic...not to mention Maya look so cute when you win with Phoenix ^.^
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http://allthingsd.com/20111108/gone-in-a-flash-adobe-said-halting-development-on-mobile-version-of-its-plug-in/ (http://allthingsd.com/20111108/gone-in-a-flash-adobe-said-halting-development-on-mobile-version-of-its-plug-in/)
Congratulations, Adobe; now you're learning!
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uh, can you explain why this is a good thing?
Also my friend wants to start some websites, anyone got any ideas? I was thinking about gathering some witty friends and just commenting on recent topics. Also what's a good way to learn HTML/anything else useful?
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I sorta see anything that's helping out Apple as a bad thing by default but on the other hand, fuck Flash a million times
I'll keep standing over here, glad I don't have a """smart""" phone >:D
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I sorta see anything that's helping out Apple as a bad thing by default but on the other hand, fuck Flash a million times
I'll keep standing over here, glad I don't have a """smart""" phone >:D
Agreed
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uh, can you explain why this is a good thing?
Mobile Flash simply never worked right. Flash is far too heavy for mobile devices. Even Flash on the Wii, which uses a full PowerPC processor, doesn't work well. Not to mention that it sucks down battery life like no one's business (Android isn't battery-friendly as it is, but Flash is heavy enough to easily max the CPU on weaker hardware, and if you're running a dual-core ARM it's going to both murder your battery and run the CPU very hot). There is also no way of optimizing it per-device or per-OS, so what Adobe gives you is what you get. Furthermore, almost all of the Flash applets on the web were not designed for a touchscreen -- they were designed for a keyboard and mouse, which the touchscreen still does a relatively poor job of imitating.
HTML5/JavaScript, on the other hand, has many of the same capabilities of Flash. It has the added bonus of being usable on other mobile platforms, as Google, Apple, and Microsoft all have excellent web browsers in their current-generation phones. And, of course, it's an actual standard, backed by a standards body.
For a good example of what HTML5 can do without requiring any browser plugins, check this site out: http://html5games.com/ (http://html5games.com/).
Also my friend wants to start some websites, anyone got any ideas? I was thinking about gathering some witty friends and just commenting on recent topics. Also what's a good way to learn HTML/anything else useful?
W3Schools (http://www.w3schools.com/) is a great resource for getting started. I would definitely recommend that he look into implementing CSS into his HTML early on, as it makes formatting web pages much more straight-forward.
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Oh an, I just read this article:
http://www.destructoid.com/mmo-stories-ode-to-cheddar-bacon-214813.phtml
Probably one of the funniest things I've read in a while, and it's nice to see something written by someone who doesn't do drugs that isn't hating on someone who does partake of the magical green herb.
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Heh, that reminds me of this one pally tank that I played with on my old realm in WoW. He was literally unable to tank unless he was high as a kite.
No, seriously, he completely sucked if he was sober. It was hilarious.
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That'll happen. For some reason I get better at FPS games when I have a decent amount to drink.
Also anyone here know anything about SF modding? I've been trying to get Makoto's main outfit to change, and by the looks of it this mod uses a model only found in DLC. I've dropped the model and the colors in the main charecter folder and changed them so that they're makoto's primary model and color, but only her colors change and her default model stays the same.
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So as something funny and interested a few days after I left basic the Blue Coats (DCI group) was performing...I watched the video and was like "Damn missed them"
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Alright, just watched the rifftrax for the second twilight movie, which was funny. I don't want to beat a dead horse here, but the movie is bad. Not bad because it's a poorly written romance novel, but bad because it's like teaching teenagers that suicide is a good way to get the attention of a boy you like, and that it's normal for guys to fight and get incredibly violent and beat women over simple jealousy, and it's also perfectly okay to string a boy along by telling him you love him and then marrying another guy.
Fuck, it's just awful.
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I've seen the first three Rifftrax for the twilight series, it's amazing how a commentary can turn such an awful experience into something fun. 8)
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Ditto here. I used to show the first one to people who'd never seen Rifftrax before, but I got tired of watching it after the 5th time through. So now I use The Day After Tomorrow. That one's always fun.
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Saw the fourth twilight movie a couple of days ago. It's actually hilarious. There's even a Christopher Walken impression in there.
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Seems like Eclipse kinda kicks ass when it comes to Java. Looks like my biggest mistake was trying to use it for PHP. Fuck that noise.
On an unrelated note, alcohol affects me in really weird ways. I had about six or seven shots of Jager in a fairly short span and not only do I not feel tipsy in the slightest, but my level of focus right now is unparalleled. Maybe I really do have adult ADD. <_<
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Don't know where this belongs but: Sometime I feel that I am out of place. For example I care about my girlfriend and love her but feel that I don't really belong considering that she has other male friends who are out to get her and she gets along with them and I feel out of place when we are doing games of LoL and talking in Skype group conversations. I don't know could be me being insecure. :/
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Ran into a snag here, but my ipod will not update because it keeps dying mid update, and it's evidently not charging off of my PC while updating.
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WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS BUY MY 4TH GEN 64GB IPOD TOUCH FOR ONLY 250 US DOLLARS. IT HAS 5.0.1 INSTALLED ALREADY!
*cough*
What kind of iPod is it? Will it charge off of the PC at all?
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I screwed around with it, and it eventually realized it had some charge in it and updated my songs while pluged in and started charging. My battery can barely hold a charge now, and I only ever use it in my car where it has a constant charge going to it.
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Well, my iPod's battery holds a charge very well. And it's for sale! 8)
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Will you accept something other than money as payment? :V
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'fraid not, sweetie. <_< I'm tryin' ta save for a car here! :o
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But...what about curry?
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My goal is to save $10000 in a year, so, uh...
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wow, what kind of car are you aiming for? Also my sister might buy a new car and give me her old one (a 1998 jeep Cherokee) which would make me spoiled as shit.
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My goal is to save $10000 in a year, so, uh...
So, lots of curry. Gotcha.
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http://www.twitch.tv/speeddemosarchivesda
Speed runs for charity.
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wow, what kind of car are you aiming for?
A Ford Mustang GT. Kinda shooting for the stars, but whatever. Nothing beats the sound of a V8.
The motor in those things pushes ~412hp now. That could prove to be highly enjoyable. Apparently there is a place with open track days pretty close to me, too. I might take the Saturn there for a final send-off when I get my next ride. <3
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Can...can I drive it? :O
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I'm weird about letting people drive my Saturn.
The only people who I ever let behind the wheel of my car are my parents, barring extreme circumstances. That list would end up getting cut in half when I get the Mustang, but only because my mom can't drive stick. :p I've always been weird about that.
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Yeah, I don't like letting people drive the vehicle I'm usually driving... It is my mom's car (but I've put most of the mileage on it), but that doesn't even matter... I still feel really protective about it.
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I've had my car for so long that I'm very much attached to it, which definitely doesn't help. I've driven it since 2003. I had a few months break in 2008 when I started a certain shitty job, then a small 6-month break from it in 2009 (up until a certain uninsured minority forgot that people turning left don't have the right of way at green lights) but outside of that I've always driven that little gold car. It was 7 years old when I got it, 16 now. It had 54,000 miles on the odometer. Now it's up to 124,000. I've put the majority of the miles on the engine and have owned it for most of its life.
It's really going to feel weird parting with it, just like it did those other times. Even in the case that I was getting a genuine upgrade (like the ill-fated purchase of 2009) I felt weird not driving that car.
I still think it's a fun car to drive, despite its flaws (like the psychotic automatic transmissions that Saturn used. It's okay when it's been driving for a mile or two, but when you first start it, especially in cold weather...ugh).
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Lol, well I haven't been driving that long, but I definitely understand the attachment.
Like I said, I've put the majority of the mileage on my mom's car as well, and drive it more than she does. It's a 2007 model pontiac G5 (which makes me forget they dont even make those any more... The cobalt is actually quite a bit different despite looking the same).
It'll feel weird when I finally get my car fixed (it's been sitting outside not moving for 4 years now because there's stuff that needs to be fixed :/, and I've never had the money to get the stuff finished.)
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Apparently there is a place with open track days pretty close to me, too.
wo ist?
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I think I can come to the conclusion that people who memorize their IQs are probably assholes.
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It's a 2007 model pontiac G5 (which makes me forget they dont even make those any more... The cobalt is actually quite a bit different despite looking the same).
No, the G5 is just a rebadged Cobalt. Same basic trims, same platform, same engine, same transmission. The body and interior stylings are different, and I think some of the accessories packages are different, but otherwise it's basically the same. Same as the Pontiac Solstice and the Saturn Sky, not to mention countless other GM cars, especially prior to GM's recent marque culling.
In other news, that car was built assembled at a plant that's less than an hour from my house. Hah!
wo ist?
I'm not sure exactly where it is; I'll have to ask next time I see the guy who told me about that.
Edit: I've pretty much come to the conclusion that the only reason that osu!stream for iOS is difficult is because they combine an unforgiving lifebar with sneaky, bullshit beatmaps.
Maybe they weren't specifically designed to be sneaky, but if they weren't then they were just poorly designed. If you're playing with a stylus you can pretty much see the whole screen regardless of where the notes pop up. In osu!stream, even when you use an iPad your hand is blocking a large chunk of the screen. So, what do they do? Hide entire sequences underneath where your hands would clearly be placed. Nice.
It's a rhythm action game with a large field, so some memorization is going to be necessary, but pulling that crap prevents you from reading the chart altogether. It's atrocious and is virtually unplayable without a ton of trial and error. You could autoplay the chart, sure, but that doesn't help you when you develop any rhythm or muscle memory. There is also no training mode to speak of, and you fail after missing only a couple of indicators, so if you can't see the ones that you're missing it's extremely difficult to improve in a song.
I can't believe they managed to fuck up a good game so badly. It's not a third party hack job, either. It's developed by the team that created osu!
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No, the G5 is just a rebadged Cobalt. Same basic trims, same platform, same engine, same transmission. The body and interior stylings are different, and I think some of the accessories packages are different, but otherwise it's basically the same. Same as the Pontiac Solstice and the Saturn Sky, not to mention countless other GM cars, especially prior to GM's recent marque culling.
In other news, that car was built assembled at a plant that's less than an hour from my house. Hah!
I'm not sure exactly where it is; I'll have to ask next time I see the guy who told me about that.
Edit: I've pretty much come to the conclusion that the only reason that osu!stream for iOS is difficult is because they combine an unforgiving lifebar with sneaky, bullshit beatmaps.
Maybe they weren't specifically designed to be sneaky, but if they weren't then they were just poorly designed. If you're playing with a stylus you can pretty much see the whole screen regardless of where the notes pop up. In osu!stream, even when you use an iPad your hand is blocking a large chunk of the screen. So, what do they do? Hide entire sequences underneath where your hands would clearly be placed. Nice.
It's a rhythm action game with a large field, so some memorization is going to be necessary, but pulling that crap prevents you from reading the chart altogether. It's atrocious and is virtually unplayable without a ton of trial and error. You could autoplay the chart, sure, but that doesn't help you when you develop any rhythm or muscle memory. There is also no training mode to speak of, and you fail after missing only a couple of indicators, so if you can't see the ones that you're missing it's extremely difficult to improve in a song.
I can't believe they managed to fuck up a good game so badly. It's not a third party hack job, either. It's developed by the team that created osu!
This just in: 95% of beatmaps for osu are fucking garbage.
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What?
This is a paid app. There's no excuse for a lack of quality control of that magnitude.
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The bitch at peppy... Except that I doubt that would accomplish anything :/
There are quite a few things Ive got a problem with for Osu... Like the way they moderate their beatmaps. The whole system is retarded, but especially the part where they set arbitrary cutoffs where "if your song is too long, it's not rankable" and "if your max score is too high, it's unrankable".... There's no exact setpoint, but the beatmap moderators get to chose maps on a case by case basis and arbitrarily decide whether something is rankable or not.
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I wound up getting a 3TB NAS late last week at a reasonable price from Newegg. It's a Seagate BlackArmor 110 NAS. I mainly got it because of its price point, though it did have support for a media server, so I figured that would be a nice addition.
After getting it hooked up and transferring a bunch of TV episodes to it, I grabbed 8player for my iPad and discovered what I already knew -- that DLNA media streaming is fucking awesome when it works. And did work, oh so well.
I did, however, notice that music streaming for the Xbox 360 was half-broken. When I was playing with 8player I discovered why. The daemon on the NAS didn't support track numbers for music. Odd, but I figured a firmware update might fix it.
Well, originally that was a mistake. Not only did it not fix the track number issue (though it did add an "Xbox compatibility mode" box to the media sharing screen, which, as far as I can tell, does absolutely nothing), but it completely broke video display. What's worse is that the latest firmware was six months old. Nice support.
Luckily, some enterprising hacker created a small patch to install dropbear on the device and provide SSH access, so I pulled a Bobbias and rooted my NAS.
A quick check revealed that the NAS uses Firefly Media Server, something totally not suited for DLNA streaming, though it does work. I also discovered that the reason videos didn't work is because the firmware update reset the extension list back to an incredibly pitiful list of common audio formats. I added a bunch of video extensions and, lo and behold, it worked. Track numbers are still broken, but I think that's beyond what the .conf file can do for me.
But anyway, a little bit of investigation revealed that this device is actually quite overspecced for what it is! It uses a Marvell 88F6192 SoC, containing an ARMv5 core clocked at 800MHz (Edit: judging from the BogoMIPS score, that particular package is probably clocked at 600MHz. Still, not bad!). It would be a hardware hacker's wet dream. Basically, the SoC is so badass that you could literally build an entire system from it. Here's the spec sheet (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marvell.com%2Fembedded-processors%2Fkirkwood%2Fassets%2F88F6192-003_ver1.pdf&ei=xAAVT7-UCMbl0QHCy7y7Aw&usg=AFQjCNH6zTjiMs5isqWT4r6ueEcUT53Smg&sig2=B-yNKqchDUJxfjUYzy26kg) (warning: PDF; here's a Google Quick View (https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:qle_kkRWK2oJ:www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/88F6192-003_ver1.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgLXo9komDoYbA9axBS_ueprrJNycIcW-VJzcpKyL8axuzItwb97vtdRDv6eRm6eGgB64QH5H8vpqKJXDB_MsQ8_5jQsrSXgZeicgNlvpOHUOb-LJ7gmK6X14IXABRtDhzE2mZT&sig=AHIEtbRvIlbJcv91laaAdEe8EK0doB81Fw) link as well). That aside, the system contains 128MB of DDR2 RAM.
What I find even more impressive is that the system contains 1GB of NAND Flash. Want to know how much is actually being used out of that?
/proc $ df
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/md0 3444 3444 0 100% /old
/dev/md0 1027416 128724 846500 13% /
Practically nothing. The possibilities are practically endless with this sucker.
Honestly, it's kind of a crappy NAS for Joe User; just about everything out there is friendlier and probably works better out of the box. But for Ian? Mmmm, tasty.
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I wound up getting a 3TB NAS late last week at a reasonable price from Newegg. It's a Seagate BlackArmor 110 NAS. I mainly got it because of its price point, though it did have support for a media server, so I figured that would be a nice addition.
After getting it hooked up and transferring a bunch of TV episodes to it, I grabbed 8player for my iPad and discovered what I already knew -- that DLNA media streaming is fucking awesome when it works. And did work, oh so well.
I did, however, notice that music streaming for the Xbox 360 was half-broken. When I was playing with 8player I discovered why. The daemon on the NAS didn't support track numbers for music. Odd, but I figured a firmware update might fix it.
Well, originally that was a mistake. Not only did it not fix the track number issue (though it did add an "Xbox compatibility mode" box to the media sharing screen, which, as far as I can tell, does absolutely nothing), but it completely broke video display. What's worse is that the latest firmware was six months old. Nice support.
Luckily, some enterprising hacker created a small patch to install dropbear on the device and provide SSH access, so I pulled a Bobbias and rooted my NAS.
A quick check revealed that the NAS uses Firefly Media Server, something totally not suited for DLNA streaming, though it does work. I also discovered that the reason videos didn't work is because the firmware update reset the extension list back to an incredibly pitiful list of common audio formats. I added a bunch of video extensions and, lo and behold, it worked. Track numbers are still broken, but I think that's beyond what the .conf file can do for me.
But anyway, a little bit of investigation revealed that this device is actually quite overspecced for what it is! It uses a Marvell 88F6192 SoC, containing an ARMv5 core clocked at 800MHz (Edit: judging from the BogoMIPS score, that particular package is probably clocked at 600MHz. Still, not bad!). It would be a hardware hacker's wet dream. Basically, the SoC is so badass that you could literally build an entire system from it. Here's the spec sheet (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marvell.com%2Fembedded-processors%2Fkirkwood%2Fassets%2F88F6192-003_ver1.pdf&ei=xAAVT7-UCMbl0QHCy7y7Aw&usg=AFQjCNH6zTjiMs5isqWT4r6ueEcUT53Smg&sig2=B-yNKqchDUJxfjUYzy26kg) (warning: PDF; here's a Google Quick View (https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:qle_kkRWK2oJ:www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/88F6192-003_ver1.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgLXo9komDoYbA9axBS_ueprrJNycIcW-VJzcpKyL8axuzItwb97vtdRDv6eRm6eGgB64QH5H8vpqKJXDB_MsQ8_5jQsrSXgZeicgNlvpOHUOb-LJ7gmK6X14IXABRtDhzE2mZT&sig=AHIEtbRvIlbJcv91laaAdEe8EK0doB81Fw) link as well). That aside, the system contains 128MB of DDR2 RAM.
What I find even more impressive is that the system contains 1GB of NAND Flash. Want to know how much is actually being used out of that?
/proc $ df
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/md0 3444 3444 0 100% /old
/dev/md0 1027416 128724 846500 13% /
Practically nothing. The possibilities are practically endless with this sucker.
Honestly, it's kind of a crappy NAS for Joe User; just about everything out there is friendlier and probably works better out of the box. But for Ian? Mmmm, tasty.
Damn, that is far better than the one I've got. (300 MHz arm core, not sure which arm core though, and the system is actually contained on the hard drives in their own partition.)
Also, I like the term "Pulled a Bobbias" lol.
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Yeah, it is pretty nice. It actually has a slightly more powerful processor than my T-Mobile G1 does (it uses an ARMv5 clocked at 576MHz). So yeah, my NAS is more powerful than my old phone.
And yes, I was thinking about your MyBook adventures while I was getting Dropbear installed on mine. :p I think most of the disparity between CPUs is simply because of the age of the units. I think my NAS was developed a couple of years after your MyBook was.
I was kind of impressed that it used an independent Flash chip for the firmware, especially one that's so wildly overspecced. And, if all else fails, I can always symlink to a directory on the hard drive.
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Yeah, that is an impressive SOC. Unfortunately rooting my Mybook hasn't really provided me with the platform I had been hoping it would. It's more or less too slow to do much of anything.
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So I'm wondering if I should find a good wired cheap PS3 controller, or if I should just pick up an adapter for a PS2 controller (probably the latter).
Also why is it that I have 2 working PS2 controllers (slightly busted, but every button works perfectly minus the R1 slipping out of place and a big crack on the other) after I treated them like shit and seriously tossed them around in my youthful fits of rage, but my shitty Logitec pad and my madcatz are hardly a year old and they have both fallen apart (Logitec pad is just all sorts of broken, the madcatz d pad now sticks, making it useless for fighting games and super meat boy).
Either my hands are now strong as shit or these pads are shit. I do know I held my Dpad down hard as shit on my madcatz pad playing Guile (to the hand were my hand would be sore after a short while) but still, it should still be fine after that.
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Yeah, that is an impressive SOC. Unfortunately rooting my Mybook hasn't really provided me with the platform I had been hoping it would. It's more or less too slow to do much of anything.
Heh, even that thing isn't all that quick. Last night I tried setting up a chrooted Gentoo install on it. HOLY SHIT. I gave up when I waited 15 minutes for it to compile eix (basically, an insanely fast Portage search tool) and it still didn't finish up.
I was going to try setting up a chrooted Debian install last night, but I gave up because I was too tired. That's going to be my best bet for putting a real environment on it. The one downside of having an EEPROM holding the OS. The fact that I can nuke the bootloader is a little scary, especially considering I don't have a JTAG handy. :x
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Heh, even that thing isn't all that quick. Last night I tried setting up a chrooted Gentoo install on it. HOLY SHIT. I gave up when I waited 15 minutes for it to compile eix (basically, an insanely fast Portage search tool) and it still didn't finish up.
I was going to try setting up a chrooted Debian install last night, but I gave up because I was too tired. That's going to be my best bet for putting a real environment on it. The one downside of having an EEPROM holding the OS. The fact that I can nuke the bootloader is a little scary, especially considering I don't have a JTAG handy. :x
Eep. I just stayed with busybox, small, and it was already there. Mind you, sitting through building PHP 3 times at 45 mins a pop was insanely painful lol.
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It's not so much busybox that's holding me back. They used a rather old toolchain to build all of the components -- circa 2005 (we're talking glibc 2.4 here). Cross-compiling a compatible toolchain has proven to be rather painful on a modern Linux 3.0 system thus far, as expected. Then again, compiling binutils, gcc, and glibc does tend to be a pretty painful process.
So, basically, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do this. I think that installing a Debian chroot (chroots are very easy to maintain and run servers from; they're far less intimidating than they sound and can still easily access data on the main hard drive) will be the best option.
I suppose I could always grab qemu here, install Debian for ARM on it, and transfer it over. That would probably be easier than trying to bootstrap it, as debootstrap requires either perl or pkgdetails, and possibly other packages that would be painful to get working.
Oh, speaking of Linux, I decided to try out Linux Mint. Out of all the binary distros I've used, this is the one that's impressed me the most so far in terms of friendliness. I even decided to try out a close-to-vanilla Gnome 3 (I added a couple of features, like a dock on the main desktop, removing the accessibility options button, and a few other minor things) but, honestly, it's not bad so far! I haven't tried to do too much serious work with it, so my opinion could easily change in a flash, but so far it's not completely awful. :)
One thing is for certain: it borrows a lot from OS X and throws a little bit of Windows 7 in the mix to spice things up. The "overview" screen is basically Expos
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Screenshots incoming?
And yeah, I've chrooted in before. It's a regular occurance for me installing gentoo since I always seem to have an insane amount of trouble installing wifi drivers for the system, but the autodetect on the install CD works fine because the compressed kernel they use has a bunch of firmware built in that's not normally part of gentoo.
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Sure. Here's a screenshot of overview mode with a few applications running. If you have multiple monitors it'll show the applications that are running on that current monitor and give you the ability to easily drag applications between monitors in that screen. As you can see, you can also close applications from that screen.
I just dragged everything over to one monitor so that the image wouldn't be 3849023x1200. :)
Here ya go:
(http://files.spectere.net/pictures/screenshots/phoenix-mint-20120119-t.jpg) (http://files.spectere.net/pictures/screenshots/phoenix-mint-20120119.jpg)
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Nice, that looks pretty cool.
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Yeah, it's not too bad.
My biggest gripe right now is, not surprisingly, the accelerated open source drivers for my video card. To be fair, they did a phoenominal job with it, and it's probably the most comprehensive driver for AMD cards available (apparently, AMD lent them a very big hand with it), but it's pretty sluggish with some tasks. I'm not sure whether this is due to X overhead or the driver having to use software fallbacks (it could very well be the later; X is pretty fucking awful for general desktop use), but it winds up utilizing a great deal of CPU -- an entire thread in some case! That's not even for updating the full screen, either. In some cases it does that because of a single window being open.
I haven't tried using ATI's drivers -- fglrx -- but in my experience they're nowhere near as stable as the Xorg ones, even if they do perform very well. I think, for now, I'm going to take stability over performance. This is easily one of the most stable Linux systems I've had in years. I was even able to suspend to RAM and wake the system up multiple times without the thing freezing, or the feature just refusing to work.
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For everyone who liked War of the Bits, you can read the entire thing here (http://kuroneko.spectere.net/old/cWotB/viewer.php)
I also moved LRA somewhere easier to get to and dropped my viewer in but it's so embarrassingly bad that I'm not going to directly link it.
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Figures that you'd slap that viewer together after I'd already read it manually. ;)
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oh you :-*
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luv u :-*
I'm glad you shot me the link to those. That cured my itch for s.net nostalgia!
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Awww how cute :P
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Probably doesn't fit here BUT I bought a ghetto Chinese PS2 controller converter for PC and I installed the "controllers" drivers, yet it remains unrecognized. Is there a way to link a device to a driver? I can't find where the divers installed, but I assumed they would just work from the get go.
No really, I either got ripped off or I'm doing something wrong.
I just had a wet a dream after not having them for 7+ years. What the fuck.
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Oh hi. Been a while.
How goes?
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Indeed it has been a while.
I need to stop forgetting about forums for 2-3 weeks at a time. It probably doesn't help that I decided to suddenly start playing FF7, Skyrim, and WoW (and I'm going to be raiding regularly on my priest, so yay for that) again at the same time.
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I need to stop forgetting about forums for 2-3 weeks at a time.
:/
I've been spending most of my time online on TeamLiquid, because this place is so quiet... Lame.
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With all of the e-mail that I have to send out daily, I pretty much get my fill before I get out of work, believe me.
My incredibly fucked up sleep schedule isn't helping.
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Define "Incredibly fucked up".
I've got class monday to wednesday, then I'm off thursday to sunday... Let's say I have a hard time figuring out what day it is due to bizarre sleeping schedules. (until sunday rolls around, thank god for my class monday being at 1 PM)
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I basically have no schedule, yet work 8-5 every day.
Somehow I'm doing fairly well despite that.
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That's always fun, lol.
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Man, these last few Archer episodes have been wickedly depressing.
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I still have yet to see that show.
What's it about?
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I still have yet to see that show.
What's it about?
The creators have described it as James Bond meets Arrested Development, and appropriately so. I find it quite entertaining, and it's on Netflix (which, I just noticed, has obtained the second season), so if you want to drop by sometime and watch it, you're welcome to do as such.
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Archer quite a good and amusing show.
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The second season is pretty amazing too. Also yeah, it's comedy made by the same people who did Sea Lab, hard to explain but it's a good show.
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There are a lot of ties to arrested development. And yes, that show is awesome. Only time I've heard someone on a TV show use the word Octoroon, lol.
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So its going to be in the 80's all this week here...bring out the sun and the babes with bikinis.
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Double post ftl. Going to be finishing up the Mass Effect series. Then going to be moving on (when they release) resi 6, borderlands 2, diablo 3 and finally half life 3. Some of us have seen game series for over 20 years and it saddens me.
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I feel bad for constantly trying to beat games and never really sitting down and reading my fucking massive book. Still, I really want to get my RPG kick going full steam. About to trump Fallout and I really need to get back into FF6.
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page 27 god damn you guys are slow
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YOURE TOO SLOO-OOW, COM AWN STEP IT UP.
Also sneaky, we need to play tribes ascend.
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I need to actually play a game of tribes lol.
And yes, this place is dead as hell :/
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More dead then a deer on the side of the road.
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So I picked up WoW and playing with a buddy of mine.
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It's nice to have someone to play with. I used to play with my cousin and his friends ages ago (vanilla WoW... so long ago)
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Yeah I currently have a Furry Warrior Dwarf and a Proc Pally (the one race that has the horns and the goat legs on alliance side) but yeah just questing atm with my friend. I think she wants me to level up quickly so I can raid with her xD
...and yes raid in her XD
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I think my wireless dongle is dying. Either way I hopefully will be getting a job and some solid income.
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Furry Warrior
Heh.
If you upgrade to Cataclysm you actually can have a furry warrior. ;)
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I used to play a FW during burning crusade, and I was literally forced to play tank on every single instance I've ever done.
It was odd being more then halfway up the DPS chart and tanking every other dungeon.
Also tanks always take fault, it's fucking retarded. WHATEVER happened I would be blamed.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166063
just picked this up, hopefully it's good. It has to be better then my current situation.
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I can say that tanks rarely take fault -- at least not since Wrath -- and I regularly switch between roles. I've healed dungeons and have had DPS pull mobs, get 2-shotted, and blame me. Sorry, not even priests can dispel stupidity. If I can't heal you in gemmed and enchanted DS gear, pushing out 20k hps, odds are you're doing it wrong.
Also, insert obligatory "shoulda rolled a prot pally" remark here. I currently have three max level tanks (blood DK, prot warrior, prot pally) and have leveled a druid tank up to 74 in Wrath, and I could probably slam my head into the keyboard and hold an entire instance on my pally.
Blood DKs are satisfying because of the sheer amount of DPS they can put out while tanking. It's my spec of choice for soloing now because of their ludicrous self-heals and damage output (granted, I'm in half-DPS gear right now since I'm still collecting tank gear, but I can generally do 10-12k single target and 20k against trash with party buffs).
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Heh.
If you upgrade to Cataclysm you actually can have a furry warrior. ;)
I do :D
Spec we should try to play and do some stuffs on WoW
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Wish I had income to get back into playing WoW. Private servers are generally nowhere near playing on the official servers, even if it takes way longer :/
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Warehouse 13 I like it. Great show :D
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Had dental surgery today had all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed.
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Good lord I hope you grabbed some peelz.
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Motrin and percoet
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22nd birthday. Whoo.
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Huzzah!
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Its friday the 13th who wants to watch some slasher films?
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reading the first few pages of this thread seems like i missed a lot of dat drama. figure that stuff would have left with me.
i feel so unimportant now.
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Welcome back, vlad.
We can always use another poster!
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well jimmy, hang me on the wall and call it a day.
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My ipod got wet, I dried it off with some paper towels and then used it and it seemed fine minus not recognizing my car's audio jack. So I disconnected it and left it on my dashboard. Now it's not responding to anything. It's acted goofy before, but this is new.
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well uhh i entered this (http://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/k6dswwqtmp)
hopefully there's enough people who haven't played ST in the brackets for me to make top 3.
but they do a weekly tournament where the game played is dictated by a poll, and i figure since the game i play and enjoy the most is up, i may as well give it a shot.
hopefully the tournament after that is breakers revenge, but i doubt that game will pop up any time soon. i need mah TOMAHOO!!!!11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SREgKXmdwNU)
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double post so mortified can see this
http://challonge.com/sdpstoe
my first tournament, even though it was an internet tournament. second place.
(im purpledrink)
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Nice string of 2-0s. Too bad you didn't even take one off CWheezy :/
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is a link to the fights there? Also nice job.
Also for some reason my itunes isn't showing my music and claiming it's "corrupted". Yet when I click one of my MP3s it plays it. There has to be an easy way to import what music I have left? I think I found a way, but this is annoying.
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stream page- http://www.twitch.tv/rickdanto tournaments are 7pm on monday, game played is determined via poll on the fightanvidya home page.
main site- http://fightanvidya.com/
click the stream tab for the chatango where everybody lurks
http://www.twitch.tv/rickdanto/b/316733617
my first streamed match 0:24:23
my second streamed match 3:15:50
grand finals 3:23:40
surprisingly stressful, it did effect my game but im not going to blame my losses on that. i could have counterpicked mando since i know i dont do well against cammy, but i didnt think to do that at the time. cwheezy is just a better player than i am, and an incredible bison player, im not going to feel bad about losing to the better player. it was also pretty stressful since the chat expected me to do well since every time ST is mentioned, i talk and talk and talk and talk and talk about it. it is my #1 favorite game. the commentator in the various matches was cwheezy, so obviously he didnt want to commentate and play at the same time when he was up. commentary was a bit delayed because of technical stuff, first time they tried to add commentary on streamed matches.
this monday (probably today, or last week depending when this is read) is jojo's bizarre adventure. i am entering, i dont expect to do well since i played probably 1-2 hours of the game ever. should be fun though, at least people wont expect anything of me this time round :O
*edit*
jojos tournament stuff, will edit as i get archives.
http://challonge.com/jjbzzta
http://www.twitch.tv/rickdanto/b/317485453
http://www.twitch.tv/rickdanto/b/317476082 1:03:34-the start of the link above first round i went 0-2, sent to losers my avdol vs chaka (he fucks up the score saying i won, but that was fixed after i checked the bracket)
first round of losers i go 2-1 advancing to next round of losers my avdol vs mariah / y joseph
second round of losers i got eliminated 1-2 my avdol vs d-bo
losers was apparently recorded this week, so ill edit when they are available.
all rounds were close, i kinda wish i practiced for this game now, at least i wasn't totally free. tournament nerves still get to me, however it did not effect my performance. kinda salty, but, it was fun. next week is ps3 soulcalibur 5, i dont have a ps3, so i cant enter.
if you cant tell by this post, i think this is cool as fuck. online tournament with people i talk to on a daily basis, with a random game pool so everybody can play a game they are good at, on a weekly basis...streamed...and we are starting to get some commentary trickle in. i cant afford to drive to fucking chicago or columbus for the midwest majors over here, so its nice i can at least play in these online tournaments.
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SHOULDA PICKED PETSHOP
but really, this is pretty awesome. It's damn impressive what you did in that ST tournament, I bet a surprising amount of talent was in it. I used to try and get people to play GG and I did enter a 3S tournament (got blown up, but I got a lot better since then) I've yet to get GGPO working though, which pisses me off endlessly. I've port forwarded properly and everything yet it still refuses to work. Maybe now that I changed my wireless card it will work, but who knows.
Also on another note, I signed up for this site https://www.dreamspark.com/Default.aspx and evidently I can get "Windows Embedded Standard 7" off it for free, but I'm unsure if I want that version of windows 7. I definitely want to update relatively soon, because still using XP is embarrassing, but I don't want to change my OS to something that I can efficiently use for a home PC and gaming. So, any advice?
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Blarg candy canes!
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My DNS cache keeps fucking up and preventing me from seeing some sites, is there a way to disable it completely? I've looked into it and evidently my router is known to have problems with some websites I visit pretty often.
More problems, my epsxe runs like hell now, and I have no idea why.
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:-*
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Hellsing Ultimate OVA is quite awesome!
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I just don't want to pay full price for windows 7, and I'm sick of XP, and I don't want to pirate an OS. Sheeeeeeeeeit.
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Kubuntu
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OHMYGODIMONEFIRE!
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gonna make my monthly post...with more tournament results.
breakers revenge
http://challonge.com/brhuehue
placed third with condor, i probably had the most hype match and ill post that when the vid is up.
either way, i was the highest placing non sho (sho is the best character in the game), so i guess thats something.
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The fact that you can have an undisputed "best character int he game" makes me sad.
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Breaker's Revenge is a mad poverty fighting game, they're probably playing it just for that reason. I thought everyone used the Breaker's Revenge lobby for Third Strike now.
Also yeah, Third Strike is decently balanced yet everyone knows Chun, Ken, and Yun are the top 3, with Chun being best.
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I has motorcycle nao :D
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The fact that you can have an undisputed "best character int he game" makes me sad.
your precious guilty gear isn't immune either, sup eddie. neither is my precious super turbo, sup balrog.
I thought everyone used the Breaker's Revenge lobby for Third Strike now.
you mistake it for karnovs revenge (fighters history dynamite)
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Boobies likes GG? I thought I was alone there, and yeah, Eddie is pretty bad (unblockable corner combos).
Also my god EVO is amazing, the king of fighters stream just ended and it was nuts. RIP Mexico. MVC3 steam was also great, despite some really awkward matches and some sloppy play. AE steam just seemed to run out of steam, KOF and MVC3 stole all the hype and tired everyone out. I hope KoF picks up, the game looks like loads of fun and the sprite work is amazing. Also Virtual fighter got some spot light, which is sweet.
ah, the ending to KOF 13 is up
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So I went to EDC and spent a week in vegas. Also, I deliver pizza for a local company called Hungry Howie's. We are the busiest store in the world.
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Boobies likes GG? I thought I was alone there, and yeah, Eddie is pretty bad (unblockable corner combos).
Also my god EVO is amazing, the king of fighters stream just ended and it was nuts. RIP Mexico. MVC3 steam was also great, despite some really awkward matches and some sloppy play. AE steam just seemed to run out of steam, KOF and MVC3 stole all the hype and tired everyone out. I hope KoF picks up, the game looks like loads of fun and the sprite work is amazing. Also Virtual fighter got some spot light, which is sweet.
ah, the ending to KOF 13 is up
I've missed so much EVO :/ I managed to catch a lot of the KOF, and some of the soul calibur. Those CafeID guys were damn good. Never watched any KOF before and I really liked it. As for GG, yeah, I'm a fan. Seeing what they did with BlazBlue made me sad though. It's kinda exciting to watch, but not nearly as good a game as GG, I think. (I do love how they make unique characters though).
Got into GG a while back when I had #reload on the computer... But playing with the keyboard is complete torture and I don't have a game pad, so I stopped playing pretty quickly.
and yes, Eddie is rough.... Even as a crap player I could tell he was one of the top characters. I usually played Dizzy.
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This thread (http://www.spectere.net/forums/index.php?topic=1040.0) is the third search result on Google for the thread in question's topic. Wow.
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haha, oh god.
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So I went to EDC and spent a week in vegas. Also, I deliver pizza for a local company called Hungry Howie's. We are the busiest store in the world.
Electric Daisy? I'm unsure what you're getting at.
Also that thread is full of memories.
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i uhh started working out, been doing it 3 days a week for a month so far.
when i can take off my shirt, look at myself in the mirror and SEE PHYISCAL PROGRESS after ONLY A MONTH, i wanna keep doing this.
starting small, gradually amping things up (diet wise + workout wise). starting small helps me not quit(THE NUMBER ONE MOST IMPORTANT THING), and i add things when i get comfortable with what im doing.
im just excited to see how i look in 3/6/9/12 months. if i see progress after one month, im excited to see month 3, or next year if i can keep at it. long as i dont quit that is.
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Also drink a gallon of water a day. Helps with cutting weight and trimming up.
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i try for the daily gallon but its pretty hard. days i don't workout, that gallon is impossible, days i do, i think i barely make it.
either way i drink a lot of water now, feels good man.
now i aint dropping soda/monsters, but like a monster a week and the occasional soda isnt gonna kill me. its not really about dropping the foods you love all the way, but making them something to have on occasion and not all the time.
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Cardio is another good way to lose weight. Playing something like basketball and keeping your heart rate up helps you loose weight as well.
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I lost 45 pounds by biking everyday (30-60KM) and eating nothing but fish, chicken, fruits and veggies. Gotta get back into the habit, starting to gain again.
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what the fuck this place is still here
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yeah, what the fuck.
Also my god Bernard Deathrage III still makes me laugh.
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yeah, what the fuck.
Also my god Bernard Deathrage III still makes me laugh.
KILL YOU ALLLL ALLLL ALLL ALLL. KILLL YOU ALLL ALLL ALLL ALLL. ;ALSKJDF;JJDBFN;AJFDG;ASDHF;AJSDHA;SDJKFHA;SDFJKASD;
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gooby plz
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KILL YOU ALLLL ALLLL ALLL ALLL. KILLL YOU ALLL ALLL ALLL ALLL. ;ALSKJDF;JJDBFN;AJFDG;ASDHF;AJSDHA;SDJKFHA;SDFJKASD;
FUCK A MANATEE.
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SOLO. THE MOTHERFUCKING SOLO. ARRGGGH ARRRGGH BLARGBALGHBLAGHBLAGH!
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Who remembers the Sons of Sega? God that was a great night! xD
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gooby plz
hry spooderman
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spooderman plz
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Obligatory post for thinking of my past forum dwelling days. I really miss the community from here and a0.com sometimes.
Nowhere else will draw me in as much as that used to <3 lurking on reddit isn't nearly as much fun.
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Dafuq you been? Add me on Facebook fucker.
http://www.facebook.com/zack.curnew?ref=tn_tnmn
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Done!
Just been hidin' round the 'hood ya know? Someone has to keep the streets of Winnipeg clean, and I'm the white boy to do it!
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! FLAME SAX!
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Added Newf, also I love you guys. Probably too little too late, but fugg it.
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Oh, so it was YOU who added me. You're gonna have to re-add cause I denied the request cause I had no idea who the fuck you were lol.
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Dead forum is dead :(
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IT WILL NEVER DIE!
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So....Where is Newf? In KOREA! And I'm loving every minute of it! Check my shit out on Facebook if you haven't added me.
http://www.facebook.com/zack.curnew
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So....Where is Newf? In KOREA! And I'm loving every minute of it! Check my shit out on Facebook if you haven't added me.
http://www.facebook.com/zack.curnew
OP OP OP OP OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE!
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Lmao. And he was right...There's MANY "Sexy ladiiiiieeeeesssss!"
haha.
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WTF are you doing in Korea?!
Also. I'm back, and I intend not to show up, post 3 things and leave again...
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Visiting with my friend then living in Thailand and teaching!
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Badass. If you were in Seoul, you'd better have dropped by and watched some competitive SC2!
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Wasn't in Seoul unfortunately, closest I was, was Incheon, then took a bus to my place. i'm living in Goheung. Decent ways away from Seoul.
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Ahh, yeah, getting to Mokdong from Incheon is a fair bit of travelling from what I hear.
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This topic is lame.
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P.S.
Seems like my spontaneous nostalgic internet browsing has brought me here at a quiet time. I suddenly realized out of nowhere that I've known some people here since I was 17.
Growing up has so far been quite a hilarious journey hasn't it?
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Well it's dying a slow painful death right now, so hilarious isn't the word I would use.
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Well it's dying a slow painful death right now, so hilarious isn't the word I would use.
Considering we don't know where Spectere has been lately. I haven't heard from him personally in some time.
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I think he turned racist against sexy people such as myself.
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I just meant the general process of us all getting older was hilarious. Not the forum dying, that is sad. And when I say 'hilarious' I mostly mean annoying. I like a good challenge though.
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If a0.com was still up I think it would be funny to read our early posts. I was a damned child on that forum...
...which means I haven't changed at all these past...7 years?
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I always have a WTF moment when I realize how long ago it was that a0 actually died.
And yeah, the fact that the one site that I've been a legitimate longterm member of is basically on life support is pretty depressing...
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PANIS!
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wat?
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I dunno. Just random shit to say.
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I'm sick.
This shit ain't cool D:
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I still find it amazing how I fell out of the community but never fell out of the community as a whole.
idk if that makes sense
#yolo
I just talked about a0.com not too long ago on facebook with Snapps to those who remember him. It was bittersweet...mostly bitter since we were like 13-14 what the fuck
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Holy shit, sup milk chan.
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It still fucks with my mind how long I've known you assholes, since middle school for me.
So yeah, things haven't changed much for me, buying new computer shit and it reminded me of this site.
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It still fucks with my mind how long I've known you assholes, since middle school for me.
Yeah, kinda insane.
Not much going on here either.
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You're all a bunch of assholes.
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You're all a bunch of assholes.
D:
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ESPECIALLY YOU, BOBBIAS.
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Ohai guies I am home for a few days :3
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Fuuuuck, the forum is so dead...This sucks :(
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Fuuuuck, the forum is so dead...This sucks :(
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phail
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Yea pretty much lol
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bump
owait
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A gift! Things are good! I like what I'm doing and where I'm living! I helped out with a thing: http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/19/goodreads-paperwhite-hands-on/
Hello everyone! Hopefully things are good there too!
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Wat hapen
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Currently sitting in my new recliner. Holy shit, this is relaxing.
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Shit I thought you died in the war dude.
Our lord and savior is back?
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i think he came to update the forum to a virtual server
so yea
you play any D3 vladddd
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I did when the patch hit, and now im just waiting for RoS to hit before I dive back into that bitch. If I remember ill post my battle.net info when the expansion hits in about two weeks. I mainly play witch doctor(about 100 hours played more than my second most played class), but I have all non demon hunter classes at 60.
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i think he came to update the forum to a virtual server
Well, that is true. But I still seem to be here. Weird.
I did when the patch hit, and now im just waiting for RoS to hit before I dive back into that bitch.
s.net Diablo III par-tay!
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I'm down. I got it pre-ordered.
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RoS day today! Aw yeah.
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Diablo 3 is le fun, and the update is really fun
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^ What that guy said. :) It's kind of amazing how much Blizzard has improved the game with the 2.0 patch. I'm still kind of blown away by how different he game feels. I haven't felt the need to start up Diablo II since the patch dropped, so that's saying something. I just wish that Blizzard would fix the goddamn Mac version (http://files.spectere.net/d3mac/) so that I can play between coding sessions rather than having to pack up and move to a different computer. D3:Mac worked flawlessly up until 2.0 came out, then it became a mixture of a crashfest and a frightening visual glitchfest...for some reason.
I think my only gameplay-related complaint is that the post-Uzreal act 5 difficulty spike feels a bit harsh (seems to happen more when you're 60+). Not a big deal now that I'm used to it, but it was a bit of a shock the first time through.
But yeah...leveled my third 70 this weekend (currently have a 70 barb, wizard, and demon hunter). I've been going back and forth between the story mode ('chieves, yo) and adventure mode. I should have my witch doctor and monk up to 70 fairly soon.
I wish you could somehow get more character slots. Despite getting the collector's edition, which gives you an additional 3 slots over base RoS, I'm almost out. :|
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I've been playing fairly consistently, doing rifts, and getting nothing but fucking rings and weapons. My armor wants to be upgraded but the RNG says NO! I can't really play the game in super long sessions (maby like 2 hours) due to wrist fatigue, but I think it's for the best since you can hit up like 5-10 rifts and call it a day.
I kinda don't care about other characters till my witch doctor has some better gear, and the RNG doesn't seem to want that to happen for the time being.
Also with the new patch today, lag spikes, may play something else till they cool off.
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24th birthday today whoooooooooo
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Happy belated birthday brah!
This will sound kinda funny, but like its looking very likely that I am a.......mtf
Life is about to get interesting.
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24th birthday today whoooooooooo
Happy belated birthday, whippersnapper. :)
This will sound kinda funny, but like its looking very likely that I am a.......mtf
Life is about to get interesting.
Understatement of the decade! Hope everything works out well (read: as drama-free as possible) for you.
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Well I am still unsure on the whole thing, I need to contact a shrink so we can see where I fall/what to do about it.
I told a few friends and my mother, those I have told have been supportive. It's just a bizarre thing, I was depressed most of last week due to this, and the last time I got depressed like that was like high school 8 years ago for stupid teen drama shit. So, I mean I know I feel strongly about it, but, it comes down to do I really honestly want to live life as the other gender?
We'll see, because I don't know as of now. The only thing I am certain of is the fact that I have never been so confused over my identity before. I really really want something, and I have always wanted it, but would the process of getting what I want make me happier or just complicate things for the worse?
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It's good that you at least have some pillars of support to fall back on, particularly family. There's always going to be complications with any major life-changing event, but if you can count on them to have your back when you need it, it shouldn't be so bad.
Go ahead and make an appointment with a shrink. If nothing else, talking to a neutral third-party (especially one who is trained at reading those types of signs) should help give you a bit more clarity.
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Well...
I did see a shrink today, and I have another appointment on Monday.
Still confused? Yes, however I do feel better. I have been super stressed on being too old and not being able to pass, and she pretty much relieved me from that stress. I am more sure of myself now, but I still need more time. I know now that I am not a cis male, and I am not a fetishist, so while it doesn't narrow things down that much, it does take those two things out of the equation. Plus just the act of thinking "I could be a woman in the future" really seriously makes me feel happy...I know I am something else. But, I don't want to jump to conclusions, this will take some time.
I think after the next session she will convince me to go to this focus group thingy that has trans people from various stages of transition that could help me with some perspective.
Steps have been taken, this went from a feeling I had to a real problem I have that I am taking action to fix.
/blogpost
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Awesome! I'm glad you're making progress. Hopefully things will become even more clear in your future visits.
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I suppose I can continue my blog post with a short update. I have a doc appointment scheduled for hormone replacement therapy purposes, coming up in 3 weeks. This does not guarantee that I will receive hormones as the doc can still block access even with a letter of recommendation from my shrink. Plus they can't give me the stuff on the first appointment, that's for the second appointment I think.
I reach this point because there can be a few outcomes. Get on hrt, succeed, live life as woman and be happy. Get on hrt, fail, detransition, live life as a man knowing that what I thought I wanted wasn't worth it in practice. Or the worst case scenario, never try to transition, get old, kill self out of depression because its too late to even try. I figure it's better to try and fail than never to try at all. I know for certain that if I repress this, it will only come back later in life and hit me harder than it did last month. With how my life is now, it's almost ideal for a transition. I don't have a wife or kid that would be fucked over, my friends and family are cool with it, my boss is cool with it...if I had a time to attempt it, it's now.
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Best of luck to you. I hope everything works out. :)
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Fucking Steam sales.
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I really didn't get much so far. State of Decay and Kingdoms of Amalur.
*edit*
and space engineers
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I ended up getting Space Engineers pre-sale, but I don't really care. It's seriously worth twice what I paid for it as it is.
I have a feeling that it's going to be another Minecraft for me (which I still play, because why not). The main difference is that since Minecraft on Steam I don't have to look at the disgusting amount of hours that I put into it. With Space Engineers I'm going to be constantly reminded of how much time I spent on it.
Totally worth it. Game on!
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I think the last thing I got was Balders Gate 2 Enhanced Edition. Anyway soon as I get my new ISP and upgrade my internet from 2mbps to 60mbps, I will see about downloading Space Engineers a shot.
I got bored of Minecraft fast, but I love space, so this should make the game more interesting to me.
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SPAAAAAAAAAC-*slap*
And yeah, I'm about 52 hours into Space Engineers so far (26 hours in the last two weeks, which is pretty high for me for a single game). Even beyond the ship building in creative mode, survival mode is surprisingly addictive. The real trick is doing as little as you can by hand and building specialized ships to take care of the heavy grunt work.
Then there's always fixing your muck ups. Nothing enforces careful behavior than having to rebuild part of the back of your ship because you backed into an asteroid during a mining run.
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Well i got my new ISP...it seems pretty fast. Downloading stuff off steam at like 7.7megabytes per second...it's speed that I am TOTALLY not used to. Going from a bicycle to a rocket ship fast or something.
Funny enough, I haven't even really been playing any games, just the occasional ultra street fighter 4. Not much a drive to delve into anything else at the moment.
Mainly lifting my life long ban on alcohol and consuming those beverages while I indulge in tranny nonsense on the internet. 2014 is a funny year.
Ohh one last thing, Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition players handbook is out soon, totally picking it up with the intent of playing again in the future.
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So I was looking on the interwebs to read up on some mechanics for the Doom games when I came across this gem: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3139577
Jitterskull is such a bitch.
Waaah, waaah the Arch-Vile is op!
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Path of Exile is pretty goddamn fun. Not a fan of the whole Diablo 2-esque "Inventory Tetris" thing, but aside from that I'm having a ton of fun with it.
forums.steampowered.com
Well there's your problem.
Mainly lifting my life long ban on alcohol and consuming those beverages while I indulge in tranny nonsense on the internet. 2014 is a funny year.
Just try not to overdo it. Hangovers suck. :s
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Just try not to overdo it. Hangovers suck. :s
It has been a trial and error process, but I think I know how much I should consume. First time ever drinking...several weeks ago was like 530ml of 80 proof rum out of the bottle...
LESSON LEARNED, don't do that.
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Well i got my new ISP...it seems pretty fast. Downloading stuff off steam at like 7.7megabytes per second...it's speed that I am TOTALLY not used to. Going from a bicycle to a rocket ship fast or something.
We had CenturyLink DSL for the past year.. paid for 40Mbps, barely got 12-20Mbps any given day. Shitty Zyxel modem/router's Wireless never worked properly and they were hardasses about sending us a new one for free/charging for a technician to come out there.
Finally made the switch to Cox, paid for 50Mb, got at least that speed if not a bit more. To top off that, Cox recently doubled their 25 and 50 Mbps plans, so now we have 100Mbps internet, which gives us around 10-15MBps. Drool. And their 1Gb speed service is on the horizon.
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My diet seems to be going well! I lost 30 pounds in 3 months so far (currently 243 pounds; aiming for 185). :D
It has been a trial and error process, but I think I know how much I should consume. First time ever drinking...several weeks ago was like 530ml of 80 proof rum out of the bottle...
LESSON LEARNED, don't do that.
Yeah, that's a bad idea, haha.
When I drink (which is pretty rare) I usually drink a bit slowly (shots being the main exception) and, more importantly, spread them out a bit. Much like when you eat, you don't feel the effects right away, so you could end up overdoing it and not even realizing if it you're too quick.
I generally stop when I feel buzzed, at the latest. If you go much further than that you're probably not going to be too happy when you wake up.
Seems to have worked out well for me so far.
We had CenturyLink DSL for the past year.. paid for 40Mbps, barely got 12-20Mbps any given day. Shitty Zyxel modem/router's Wireless never worked properly and they were hardasses about sending us a new one for free/charging for a technician to come out there.
That was the "quality" of service that I got with AT&T DSL. Paid for 6/1.5, actually got 3/0.6. This happened with both the modem that I got from them as well as a D-Link that I bought separately.
I switched to Time Warner (I seem to be one of the only people who don't have any issues with them, though that might be because I have far more Comcast experience than I'd like), pay for 50/5 and generally end up getting 55/5.5. Can't complain! The modems that they use (the brand name escapes me for some reason) seem to be fairly reliable. When I was still on their 25mbps plan I had a shoddy POS that I'd have to reboot once a week. Now I usually only have to reboot it every two months or so.
Kind of sad that I have to reboot them at all when my router chugs along without an issue, but oh well. C'est la vie!
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hi, I'm really bored, and I had to try to fix people's computers again at work in the IT job I was shoehorned into.
I COULDN'T DO IT.
buckets of tears.
hi kids.
also
DIETO?
(http://i.imgur.com/4I8guAq.jpg)
mine isn't going anywhere but i haven't gained any more weight so i guess that's good
i'm bad at motivation
please send help i don't get out much anymore what is life
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I'm sure you'll be more motivated when you're not getting Lubbock'd!
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My diet seems to be going well! I lost 30 pounds in 3 months so far (currently 243 pounds; aiming for 185). :D
I'm doing the dieting thing too! I hit 260 lb early this year, which was a new low (high?). I finally got serious about it the past couple months and am down to 230 lb, targeting 190 lb or so.
I switched to Time Warner (I seem to be one of the only people who don't have any issues with them, though that might be because I have far more Comcast experience than I'd like)
A huge deciding factor in my current apartment is that it was supported by CondoInternet (== symmetric gigabit for $80 a month). Comcast has a monopoly in many regions of Seattle, but several apartment complexes have access to CondoInternet and it was a gigantic pleasure to inform Comcast exactly where they should consider shoving their consumer-hostile behaviour.
Unrelated: I have a different car now! (http://i.imgur.com/Fas7Ju9.png) My old one finally rusted through important things (brake lines, fuel lines, support joists) after a decade of Ohio winters. I've since picked up a 2005 Elantra (5-speed, new clutch, ~90k miles) that has been coddled by the sweet, mild Washington weather.
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I'm sure you'll be more motivated when you're not getting Lubbock'd!
God I hope so.
In related news if Dan can get the Sunday off during labor day weekend we're going to Austin to scope shit out.
I CAN'T WAIT TO NOT LIVE HERE!
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When I drink (which is pretty rare) I usually drink a bit slowly (shots being the main exception) and, more importantly, spread them out a bit. Much like when you eat, you don't feel the effects right away, so you could end up overdoing it and not even realizing if it you're too quick.
Yeah, I pretty much do that. However, if I say want shots...the night will end poorly because the more I have in me, the more I want. I think I'll stick with large mixed drinks, SAILOR JERRY I NEED U BABE!
We had CenturyLink DSL for the past year.. paid for 40Mbps, barely got 12-20Mbps any given day. Shitty Zyxel modem/router's Wireless never worked properly and they were hardasses about sending us a new one for free/charging for a technician to come out there.
I would kill for 12mbps a few months ago, but if you was paying for 40, and didn't get half that, yeah, fuck that shit. Right now I pay for 60, and it regularly clocks at ~62. I am more than satisfied right now. Downloaded Fallout: New Vegas on a whim the other day, normally would take my old internet ~12 hours to download that...downloaded in 14 minutes.
AND FOR VLADS TRANSNESS, gonna schedule another doc appointment, I think I feel better about trying this stuff out now(5 solid months of questioning, investigating, talking to trans folk, and therapy). Soon as I get a date, I will have new motivation to actually get fit, because losing testosterone is gonna make weight loss harder. Thankfully I don't have THAT much I want to lose, ~20-25lbs. May take a few months to get my stuff though.
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Just picked this beauty up today for $350 from a good DJ buddy of mine. I feel extremely lucky as these things are at least $1,000 new. The only thing 'wrong' with it is a missing pitch fader slider which is easily replaceable. He happened to upgrade to the DDJ SZ (just spectacular to see in person, definitely on my future future wish list.)
Here she is
(http://i.imgur.com/yOfnU2X.jpg)
Still deciding whether Traktor or Serato is going to be best with my mixing style, that remains to be seen. Not really a big fan of the Serato DJ layout. As a bonus, however, DJs using the DDJ SX do not have to buy/activate Serato DJ. So that's pretty neat and cool of them to do.
From what I have experienced so far, the layout and options in front of me are perfect for my style of mixing, and I absolutely have room to grow with this setup.
Previously, I was limited with Numark NDX400s (which I am selling), or a mouse/keyboard/MIDI Trigger Finger mapped to traktor's basic faders/knobs. Totally not cutting it anymore.
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That's a lot of doodads. Nice buy! I just looked up a pic of the NDX400 and, yeah, I can see what you mean.
Speaking of audio-related stuff, I ended up getting some new toys myself (clicky to enlarge):
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- Behringer X1204USB mixing board
- Behringer C3 condenser mic
- Audio-Technica ATH-M40fs studio headphones
- Gator Frameworks Kick/Amp stand (which works great on a desk!)
Sounds absolutely phenomenal for voice recording (which is what I intend to use it for)! I did underestimate how unbelievably sensitive condenser mics are, but it's really not a huge deal to shut the window when I need to record.
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Neat! I have the Behringer C1; lovely sound. Haven't recorded a whole lot on it but what I have sounds great. I've also used it for a karaoke house party my roommate had for her birthday, which worked out great.
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when I need to record.
incoming original shaker ass
HYPE
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Neat! I have the Behringer C1; lovely sound. Haven't recorded a whole lot on it but what I have sounds great.
It took me a while to choose between the C1 and C3, actually! The main thing that caused the C3 to win out was my uncertainty over whether I'd actually need figure-8 or omnidirectional pickups. As it turns out I've used cardioid almost exclusively, but at least the functionality is there if I need it (and the price difference wasn't too ridiculous). :) I get really weird when features are at stake.
I've also used it for a karaoke house party my roommate had for her birthday, which worked out great.
You know, I was honestly kind of wondering the other day if Rock Band would pick up my mixing board as a USB mic or not. The only thing that's really stopping me from trying it is because I don't want to tear everything out and move it into the other room, haha.
incoming original shaker ass
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HYPE
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Lol they have a USB version I'm sure you ran into while shopping, I think they just stuck a letter "U" on the model number and slapped a USB port in there. I wonder if that would work.... it does require a preamp/phantom power supply though so I am not sure how that would affect it.
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I've seen USB interfaces that can provide phantom power without any external power source, so it should be fine. Not sure if the Xbox 360 would put out enough power over USB to make it work, though.
I wouldn't get it for Rock Band, though. I don't really play it all that much anymore, haha. If I got something like that it'd be for recording let's plays on my gaming desktop. All of my audio gear is set up on my iMac while my Windows box is in the other room. While the Mac world definitely has more in the way of gaming than it used to, Windows still wins out in that department.
I guess I could always run a long XLR cable through the wall and just record using the X1208. That might be a little excessive, though. :p
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oshit, I'm alive.
In other news, fucking nothing going on here :/
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I have attempted being active in other hobby/passion related forums and it really isn't the same as it was 10 years ago (surprise surprise) as far as internet forum activity goes. I guess everyone is on facebook or whatever.. the internet forum thing is slowly decaying like the newspaper. No one cares enough to put thought into the shit they put out online, to string together a few coherent sentences seems like an impossible task of this generation.
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I've been active in about one other forum lately. It's awful. Then again, every time there's a new shift in how we communicate, everyone always decries it as being awful, so :/
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In terms of community, I don't really use forums anymore for that reason. I frequent two places, one of them is a chatroom and the other is a mumble server. I do wish more people would use the internet forum, but with more immediate ways to communicate, I guess it's not as popular anymore. Still, they have a use, maybe I just haven't found a new forum community to fit in with. I'll browse some shoryuken.com forums, with the very RARE post, but I mainly just use game forums for information, not to post.
It's not all doom and gloom though, I have still been getting involved in communities on the internet, just not via forums. Although to think of it, the communities I am a part of now that aren't forums...started with a forum. They just branched away from them.
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I browse teamliquid.net and the osu forums (only the osu!mania section and some of the more technical spots though). Dont post much on TL because I'm just not following things the way I used to, and the osu forums are a cesspool of terrible due to lack of moderation (and an average age of like 12 :/)
I don't think forums are likely to really ever disappear though. They're a great medium that since every post is immediately visible and open to response and also are preserved over time (unless deleted I guess).
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Not to mention that it's a lot easier to ramble on forums than, say, Twitter.
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Posting from my new laptop (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834231495). I got really burned by the last Dell I bought (literally and figuratively) so I replaced it far faster than I usually would (2 years, compared to my last laptop, which gave me around 7 years of great service). Still have to get used to the new keyboard layout, but aside from that I really like it so far. Decent battery life, doesn't get too hot in normal use (my Dell would literally idle at around 55-60C, which is just absurd), and has plenty of power when I need it. Best of all, since ASUS seems to know how to design a proper cooling system for an i7 laptop, this processor is able to stay in turbo for extended lengths of time. I've had it doing some fairly light work for the last several minutes (roughly 20% CPU utilization) and it's stayed at 3.3-3.4GHz, up from the normal 2.4GHz. The Inspiron 17R SE that it's replacing never jumped from the normal clock rate (which, incidentally, is also 2.4GHz) for very long.
Next step is slapping in the SSD I ordered along with it (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148820) and reinstalling the OS. Woot!
Edit: Well, the laptop is pretty awesome. Windows 8.1 was a pain in the dick to get installed (it doesn't pull in Windows 8 OEM keys properly, so you have to do a ton of dicking around to get it to work just like you do if you want to make it pleasant to use on a non-touchscreen system [and people wonder why my main system is now an iMac]). I used to praise Windows 8 for how it handled OEM keys, but apparently Microsoft saw fit to break the one thing that Windows 8 truly did well. GG.
It's a bit on the heavy side, but nothing I can't handle. 8) I'm really impressed at the thermal system that ASUS has. It doesn't use NVIDIA Optimus or anything like that, so it's literally using the GTX 765m for everything, unlike my old system that used the Intel HD 4000 for general tasks.
The UEFI BIOS in the ASUS works way better than the one in my old Dell. That one had a tendency to refuse to boot from a CD/DVD at all if there was already an OS installed. Getting Windows 8.1 reinstalled on there to give it to my dad was just a nightmare.
About the only thing that was truly better on the Dell were the speakers, and that seems to be something that Dell gets right quite a bit. The speakers on the ASUS simply do not get very loud. For some reason they're placed in the small gap between the monitor flap and the base of the system, so they are noticeably muffled. Even with the volume cranked up to 100 they aren't particularly loud. The subwoofer does sound better than the one on my last Dell, however. It has a smoother, more natural sound. The highs and overall volume, however, are nowhere near as good.
The headphone/microphone jacks on the ASUS, however, are much better. For one, the headphone jack is a hybrid port, similar to the one found on most newer Macs. You can get a little 3.5mm to optical adapter plug it into an S/PDIF receiver. I was also much happier with the volume and clarity of the analog ports. I'm not sure exactly how they ran the jacks on the Inspiron 17R SE, but they definitely did it wrong. The audio was fairly soft and was excessively noisy. I'm pretty sure the front audio jacks on my PC (which, by their very nature, cannot deliver acceptable sounding audio) did a better job. I haven't plugged my Sennheisers in yet, but even with a simple pair of basic vintage 2010 Apple Earbuds it sounded noticeably better.
Startup times with UEFI and the SSD in place are just downright absurd. I haven't really timed the cold boot performance yet, but starting up from hibernation is blazing fast, with Windows reporting a BIOS time of 1.5 seconds! I'm pretty sure it wakes up from hibernation as fast as my Android tablet wakes up from sleep (then again, that's most likely because it's running TouchWiz...ugh).
Did I mention how cool this thing runs? I did? Too bad, I'm talking more about that. I had it sitting on a tray table for about 2 hours, watching a bunch of YouTube videos. When I put it to sleep almost the entire system was cool to the touch. The left side of the base felt like it was around room temperature and the right side was just slightly warm. The entire top of the laptop was actually cool to the touch. It felt like the fans were completely off. It doesn't seem to matter how warm the laptop gets, the keyboard and wrist rest don't seem to warm up. I'll have to throw a fairly demanding game on it and see how much that changes things.
So yeah, I like it.
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NEW POST (since the last one was getting long).
I did some game tests (namely, Crysis and Just Cause 2) on the new lappy and it continues to impress. Crysis simultaneously didn't push the system very hard and didn't get a framerate above 20fps, regardless of resolution and detail settings. Not sure what was up with that, but that game is a mediocre shooter when I'm in the best of moods so I didn't screw around with it too much.
I cranked every of the settings in Just Cause 2 aside from v-sync and anti-aliasing (which I kept at 4x) and ran it at 1080p. The game stayed above 30fps in all but cutscenes (20fps minimum; apparently film grain effects are srs business). As for the temperature, the CPU package maxed out at 51C, with a few of the cores topping off at 55C. The GPU averaged around 60C, maxing out at 68C. What made it more impressive was that this is performance on my lap, not on a table. ASUS seems to do an awesome job at partitioning the different thermal zones as well. Even during the gaming sessions the wrist rest and keyboard didn't heat up at all, and the SSD/HDD temperatures didn't budge (stayed at a comfortable 38C).
Idle temperatures are generally around 40-45C for both the CPU and GPU: slightly higher than my 2005 Inspiron 9300 (generally stayed around 30-35C in normal use and conditions) but a far cry from the 55-60C idle temperatures from my 2012 Inspiron 17R SE. Daddy still likey.
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I need a new lappy. You remind me of that fact lol. As a DJ in this age of technology, I need to get a mobile PC that is up to par with current standards. My ASUS U80a is 6-7 years old and shows it's age via the fan making noise and thus getting warmer than it should/has in the past - I definitely wouldn't trust to take it out to perform with. I had considered replacing the fan and putting an SSD in it, but at this point the performance gains wouldn't be enough to make it a viable machine for anything other than Netflix (which it has a hard time with HD). Also the RAM is unable to be upgraded past the factory 4GB.
Mostly I need to run DJ software and maybe some production software, so nothing crazy and definitely no more than 2 cores and 8GB.
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Yeah, I probably wouldn't sink any more money into it at this point. You could probably replace the fans without too much fuss, but with laptops at that age I always worry about what's going to go wrong next. That 4GB limitation is pretty harsh, too. As far as the SSD goes, you're probably limited to 3Gb/s SATA, so while it'll definitely be a nice boost you're not going to be able to see its full potential.
And honestly, I'd give up on the idea of getting a simple system for one big reason: cooling. I don't know why, but the concept of having proper cooling seems to have escaped many laptop manufacturers. Not sure if I posted specifics (and I'm too lazy to scroll up) but the laptop that I replaced with the ASUS had an i7 and a GT 650m sharing a single heat pipe and fan. Even laptops without discrete video get far hotter than they should because the thermal design is terrible.
Strange as it may sound, I would probably recommend getting a low-end gaming laptop. Look for a last-gen ASUS ROG (the one that I bought is clearly an older model, since it came with Windows 8 -- not 8.1 -- and uses a GeForce 7-series instead of an 8-series). Odds are it won't break the bank and it'll run nice and cool for you. Just to give you an idea of how it would compare to a "normal" laptop, I bought the last-gen ROG for the same price as an HP ENVY 17, which had less RAM, a slower CPU, onboard video, a single drive bay, and was widely reported to overheat on the good ol' Intertubes.
When I was looking to replace the Dell I explicitly did not want a gaming laptop. I only bought one because it was amazingly cheap and perfectly matched my basic needs (decent processor, 8GB+ of RAM, 1080p screen).
Another option is to get a mid-range business machine, or an older high-end workstation. I saw a Dell Precision on Newegg (I think it was an M4600...it was using a Sandy Bridge i7) for $400. I use an M4800 at work and it's a fantastic laptop. LunarKeys is using a last-gen HP EliteBook (same class as the Precision), per my recommendation, and as far as I can tell he really likes it.
Another thing that I would look into is whether you'd want a single drive or a dual drive system. If you're taking an external HDD with you when you perform to store assets, it might be in your best interest to get a larger laptop with two drive bays, that way you can couple a fast SSD with a large HDD to get the best of both worlds (this is the approach that I like to take). If you're paranoid about data integrity and redundancy, you can pop two HDDs in and put them on a RAID 1 mirror, which will give you a bit of a speed boost over just one and prevent you from being SOL if one of your hard drives shits the bed. It gives you a bit more flexibility with the downside of basically requiring you to choose a 17" model. That would be pretty bulky compared to your U80a. :)
tl;dr LAPTOPS R KOOL
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Edit: Well, the laptop is pretty awesome. Windows 8.1 was a pain in the dick to get installed (it doesn't pull in Windows 8 OEM keys properly, so you have to do a ton of dicking around to get it to work just like you do if you want to make it pleasant to use on a non-touchscreen system [and people wonder why my main system is now an iMac]). I used to praise Windows 8 for how it handled OEM keys, but apparently Microsoft saw fit to break the one thing that Windows 8 truly did well. GG.
Really? I'm running 8.1 on this (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312824) and had no trouble getting 8.1 in. Had a limited budget because I've got no job. I happened to have money from working an election here.
As for temperatures, I've got a cheap-ass cooling pad and sitting on that thing running D3 for hours only brings core temps up to ~64 max (and that's when the room temperature is somewhat warm, it'll probably be lower soon now that things are getting colder here).
Speakers are stuck on the bottom at the front where it kinda curves upward so everything is muffled, and the headphone jack is a a 2-in-1 headset jack. I use grado SR120s, and they have a quarter inch jack on them and directly plugging in via an adapter ends up putting too much stress on the jack (heavy cord, plus like 2 inches of adapter sticking out), so I have a 1/8 inch extension to reduce strain on whatever I'm plugging into. For some reason now (either the jack sucks or my extension cord is crap) it's really touchy and if the cord isn't sitting right my right ear cuts out :/ And to make things worse, the jack is on the right side, and basically has to drape over my mouse hand.
Aside from that I guess the only thing I'm disappointed in with this laptop is the 4gb of ram. I was really hoping I could find something in my price range that had 6gb of ram, but the very few that were would have required sacrificing something else for the extra ram.
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Really? I'm running 8.1 on this (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312824) and had no trouble getting 8.1 in.
Did you do it from a fresh install or an upgrade? Windows 8.1 won't do a fresh install without a liberal amount of dicking around on a system with a Windows 8 hardware key. Upgrades work fine across the board.
The part that literally makes no sense is that you can't install it with the hardware key (which you have to extract by poking ACPI or by ripping it from the factory install before you nuke it, might I add), but if you install it with the released generic keys and then change your key to the hardware key it works great.
It slays me. It was a good system that Microsoft completely fucked beyond belief because why the hell not. Then again, considering this is the same company that thinks that having a giant, fullscreen start menu on a high resolution display without a touchscreen is a good idea, I shouldn't be surprised.
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Ahh, I upgraded.
As for the start menu, yeah, they kinda messed up, but honestly, anyone who wasn't making use of the ability to start programs by typing the name (or part of it) hasn't been making proper use of the start menu since vista. With the type to search functionality the rest of the start menu is essentially deprecated anyway.
Seriously, that feature is by far one of the best decisions microsoft made.
But yeah, I wish I had the money for something a bit better than this. It's an improvement over the previous one I had, but 4gb ram really isn't much these days, and the HD4000 is not exactly a powerful GPU :<
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That's how I've used the start menu since Vista, but that doesn't excuse taking up the entire screen with massive tiles. It makes it an absolute nightmare to use on a large display (my gaming PC is hooked up to my TV), high resolution display (I used to run Boot Camp on my iMac, which has a 2560x1440 display), or a trackpad (my laptop and the aforementioned iMac). They took something that would require either centimeters of movement or predictable arrow keys into a huge grid that requires inches of movement and a haphazardly sorted grid. Furthermore, you have to wait for animations and tweens before you get your results, and I hope you don't have to refer to anything in the background when you're doing your search, because you ain't gonna be able to see it!
I wouldn't even be openly hostile about the start screen if it actually fucking worked (and didn't require you to monopolize one of your screens in order to see them). Live Tiles are nice when they actually work, but half of the times they refuse to update, and this has been an issue since the first release of Windows Phone 7. Sometimes they "update" to old data, sometimes they just stay there, sometimes they show the wrong data, and occasionally they actually work how they should.
The hilarious part is that Windows Vista/7 widgets generally worked just fine. Go figure.
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http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2014/11/12/net-core-is-open-source.aspx (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2014/11/12/net-core-is-open-source.aspx)
I just shit my pants. MIT license, too. Not bad, Microsoft!
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Let's update this situation shall we...
Scheduled a doctor appointment in like October, it went very poorly. She pretty much rejected me a prescription until I fully present as a woman like right fucking now and come out to everybody I know personally and professionally. Basically that's fucking crazy, and no doctor is going to tell me how to live my life, so fuck that.
That fucked me up emotionally for a while...then I scheduled another appointment which was to happen today, which I just got done with. This doctor seemed to be on the same page as my counselor, which is a good thing, and I got along a lot better with this one. Fast forward to like 10 minutes ago, I popped my first estrogens. Gonna do another checkup in like two months to see what other stuff they want me on.
Basically 3 things can happen now. The best thing that could happen is that these pills I am taking are going to fuck me up and I am going to hate them, and I am going to quit. Then I can legitimately quit, and KNOW FOR A FACT that this bullshit isn't for me. Neutral would be I like the effects and attempt to go lady mode or whatever the fuck I plan on doing. Bad would be not having an answer in like 2 months.
One moment life is going normal, then some weird goddamn shit pops up. Weird year, 2014.
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Wow, that first doctor sounded like kind of an ass. I get that taking an aggressive hard line could possibly help certain rare people make their minds up, but that's absolutely not a one size fits all solution. All it really does is put a ridiculous amount of pressure on you, on top of all the other shit. It kind of strikes me as more of a deflection tactic than anything else. :\ I'm glad you had a better experience with the second doctor, at least!
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This is how I see it, for both doctors, seeing a therapist is REQUIRED. Now if a damn therapist gives me the OK, it's no longer the doctors say whether I am mentally ok to take hormones or not, their job is to make sure im physically well for it. I motherfuckin had like 20 hours of sessions with a therapist, I think I know just about everything estrogen can do to a person at this point. Second doc couldn't understand why I was treated the way I was from the first doc, and from what I gather from my therapist, she's not going to be sending patients to that doc for those reasons anymore.
I suppose not everybody is all up to date with current trans treatment. Plus like for male to female, the stuff im getting isn't really strictly regulated or even possible to abuse at all. I could have went YOLO and bought the stuff online if I wanted, but then I wouldn't be knowing the proper dose, or my hormone levels or any of that stuff.
I got no idea when any effects of this stuff will start popping up, I hear from a few weeks to a month or so. I feel weird now, but it's probably just placebo from me waiting months to finally start this stuff.
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Yeah, that is a very valid point. The doctors writing your prescriptions aren't exactly trained to analyze what's going on in your head. And yeah, the way you did it is definitely the best one--no sense taking changes, after all!--it's a shame that the first doctor was stepping way out of bounds. That's a really great way to lose referrals, and I'm glad your therapist is taking a stance against that sort of treatment.
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This did not take very long, I think I am done with this trans stuff, it's not me. Now, I NEEDED to go through with the hormones, because it simply wasn't possible to get the proper perspective without them, even without any effect from such a short period of time.
But I think this 10 month journey may be done. Not 100%, but, I know what I am now, and that's something I didn't have until now. I hope none of y'all have to go through with this.
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At least it was beneficial for you in the long run. I'm glad you were at least able to get some perspective out of the experience. I can't even imagine having that kind of uncertainty hanging over my head. :x
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Ive gained a lot from the whole experience, whether I transitioned or not wasn't even really the focus, it's just a byproduct of the feelings. I still don't have a proper label for what kind of person I am. I got perspective, more comfortable with myself, im more empathetic, ive made friends, got closer to current friends/family, it's been positive.
I can't be cisgendered, but I don't strongly identify with transgendereds either...I'll just use "mostly cis" until I can think of better. Even though cis is an absolute thing, think of a better term and I'll use it :)
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Meh, screw absolute labels. :) It would be boring if humans were binary.
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Being binary would be so much easier! This stuff isn't yet over, but I suppose I have a few years in me before it's too late for them pills.
Currently ATTEMPTING to workout...again...for the 5323th time. Current plan is pretty basic. Lift mon/wed/fri, squat/bench/deadlift. 30-60 minutes of cardio as close to every day as possible, just low intensity on a treadmill while fucking about on my tablet or playing vidya, but fast enough to work up a sweat. Apparently a lot of people do low/medium intensity cardio while watching tv/playing vidya/dicking around on the computer, it's a good way to forget about the cardio and make it go by faster.
I really need to look into how far I could go in the female direction, whilst attempting to attain a fit male physique. Without looking like one of those awkward tumblr abominations. Yknow those folk with the skirts and the makeup, and the FULL BEARD...like..no..plz...no...
I don't know, fit andro looking person? Shouldn't worry about that until I obtain that fitness I have been trying to acquire for several years now...that I would have had if I didn't stop what I was doing. Protip, doing anything > doing nothing.
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Apparently a lot of people do low/medium intensity cardio while watching tv/playing vidya/dicking around on the computer, it's a good way to forget about the cardio and make it go by faster.
Yeah, I've been considering getting something for my room. One of my former coworkers had a little exercise bike looking thing that she'd stuff under a desk and pedal while she worked. Not a bad idea, really. I don't really have room for a full-sized bike or anything like that, so I figure something portable (since my Mac and gaming PC are in separate rooms and I use them both a lot) that I can just stuff in my closet when I'm not using it would be best. Normally I like to get out and walk, but that's not particularly viable in the winter time (though this year hasn't been totally awful so far).
Being binary would be so much easier! This stuff isn't yet over, but I suppose I have a few years in me before it's too late for them pills.
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I really need to look into how far I could go in the female direction, whilst attempting to attain a fit male physique.
Yeah, you're definitely in a bit of an awkward situation there. Have you thought about going back to your therapist and explaining all of that? With what you know and have experienced now maybe they'll be able to help you determine where you want to go from here.
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Yeah, I've been considering getting something for my room. One of my former coworkers had a little exercise bike looking thing that she'd stuff under a desk and pedal while she worked. Not a bad idea, really. I don't really have room for a full-sized bike or anything like that, so I figure something portable (since my Mac and gaming PC are in separate rooms and I use them both a lot) that I can just stuff in my closet when I'm not using it would be best. Normally I like to get out and walk, but that's not particularly viable in the winter time (though this year hasn't been totally awful so far).
In my opinion, the best cardio is any cardio you're willing to do on a regular basis. I am currently looking for a ps1/n64 game I want to invest time into trying to complete only when doing cardio. We can both agree that burning calories while playing videogames is awesome!....but what game to play....ehrgeiz adventure mode? shadow madness? jade cocoon? DONKEY KONG 64?!
Yeah, you're definitely in a bit of an awkward situation there. Have you thought about going back to your therapist and explaining all of that? With what you know and have experienced now maybe they'll be able to help you determine where you want to go from here.
Insurance ran out with the therapist so my next appointment in jan 5th. But when I go to these sessions, I always have an agenda so I can attempt to solve a problem. Right now I am at the point where I think I just need more time to reflect on this stuff, and time away from the obviously biased trans circle I've been in. I am old for this stuff, but young enough to where I do have a few years yet before I am in too late territory. I think more time with heavy emphasis on fitness is what I need.
TLDR I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER AND IT MIGHT BE BUT IT ISNT!
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In my opinion, the best cardio is any cardio you're willing to do on a regular basis. I am currently looking for a ps1/n64 game I want to invest time into trying to complete only when doing cardio. We can both agree that burning calories while playing videogames is awesome!....but what game to play....ehrgeiz adventure mode? shadow madness? jade cocoon? DONKEY KONG 64?!
Too many to choose from! Might want to pick a pretty long one to keep yourself going, though. An RPG, mayhaps? Actually, speaking of which, I've been meaning to plug in the ol' PS3 and get back to FF7 at some point. I should do some cardio while I grind through that.
I also need to do some muscle toning. I've lost a considerable amount of weight over the past year (I weighed around 280 lbs in May 2014 and I'm now sitting at around 225), and now that my arms aren't pudgy they actually look a bit lanky. I've been thinking about getting a set of those little rubber weights to help fix that.
Insurance ran out with the therapist so my next appointment in jan 5th. But when I go to these sessions, I always have an agenda so I can attempt to solve a problem. Right now I am at the point where I think I just need more time to reflect on this stuff, and time away from the obviously biased trans circle I've been in. I am old for this stuff, but young enough to where I do have a few years yet before I am in too late territory. I think more time with heavy emphasis on fitness is what I need.
Yeah, stepping back for a short time is probably for the best at this point, especially if you're confused. Hell, not thinking about it might give you some sort of clarity in the long run.
And it's never a bad time to work dat body. Just make sure you don't hurt nobody.
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jade cocoon?
Fucking awesome game. Also, I hope you get all that stuff figured out sometime. Not knowing has got to be fucking awful.
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Yeah for now im just gonna work on male physique, and dress girly when I can. Should be a safe middle ground. If I need to go further, i'll do it when the time comes. I just want to stay away from trans circles for now, and get advice from non biased cis people.
On another note, what I did yesterday was very dumb. I am not condoning it, but I did it anyway, and I just want to describe it to the best of my ability since it was rather unique to me. I decided that I wanted to go on a trip to space, so I grabbed a bottle of dextromethorphan (rocket fuel to go to space) and blasted off. I was in webcam chat with this girl ive been chatting up for the past 5 or so months during a lot of the takeoff. So I guess I started at 7pm, and gradual doses till around midnight-1am till the rocket fuel ran out. So im just at my place alone talking to this girl online while going to space, and as time passed it just got weirder and weirder. At around like 3am the webcam was going at like 3 seconds per frame, if it was moving at all, and my hands would like morph into each-other and stuff. She took off for bed around 4am, and I decided to do the same.
So shit was already really goddamn weird, I didn't think I would get much effect off the stuff, and it really wasn't much for the first 9 HOURS! Then it just started going up in levels, like I could feel intensity changes, I think I was stating new plateaus as I felt them in the chat I was in. The girl I was with said she had to leave in a while, then like, 2 seconds to me later she said she had to go. But it wasn't 2 seconds that passed, like 30 minutes passed. Anyway she leaves, and I somehow manage to put my pc into sleep mode, and get my phone and tablet to go down two flights of stairs to get to my bed...mind you carrying 2 things and going anywhere at this state is a challenge.
PC turned off, all light for me is gone, and I just feel a blindness. Then...like...my tablet turned into sludge, I had no vision, and I just went for the ground since my senses were all shot. I recall as I am trying to just leave my room the darkness just obscured everything, and then weird geometric patterns filled the void. So those went away and I was left with green lights moving in directions, and I was following them, up, down, left, right, and through the 4th dimension, and 5th dimension. It got really weird and I got lost, so I verbally said something like "help me" and that got to my ears, and it woke me up and I could see again.
I don't know how I got from my room on the second floor, to my bed in the basement, with my tablet (turned to sludge type material), and my phone when I could barely walk. The stairs were huge and in motion and stuff. After that, im in bed, and then the trip yanks me back in, and it's like im dying/dead, but seeing outside what reality is. It was a sensation of being somewhere else, being outside of the current dimension, being above everything, like being able to see everything or be anywhere. So the easiest way I can describe the trip is that I thought I was doing to be trapped in the madness forever, but I have traversed the 5th dimension to enter infinity. Ohh and my window was appearing and disappearing and the stuff around my sleeping area was all fucked up, but that's just trippy visual stuff that I am now used to. It's the part where you get yanked out of reality and put somewhere else that's the fucked part. Like one moment you are just existing, a bit slow, but there's some situational awareness still there. THEN IT JUST PULLS YOU IN YOU GOT NO CONTROL TIME NO LONGER EXISTS THE SPACE YOU ARE IN IS GONE YOU ARE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND YOU CANT LEAVE. It's when tv or movies try to describe an acid trip, and then it's like...a good approximation of what goes on, only the reality is more intense and severe.
I do not think I have been so scared in my life, and yet, it was an experience unlike any other. Im not into really any spirituality nonsense, but I can understand how people could connect with that in psychedelic trips. Feeling like everything and nothing, being outside of the bounds of reality and stuff, it feels impossible.
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LOL
DXM is horrible and hilarious, did it once, never again. Salvia is also in that group.
Definitely takes your ass somewhere... plus the 'afterglow' in the following days is ridiculous. Glad you came out okay on the other side!
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I think I'm turning into more a freak. Recently I set all of my computers and devices to use YYYY-MM-DD as the default date format, as well as using 24-hour time instead of 12-hour time. I mean, it just makes more sense like that.
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I think I'm turning into more a freak. Recently I set all of my computers and devices to use YYYY-MM-DD as the default date format, as well as using 24-hour time instead of 12-hour time. I mean, it just makes more sense like that.
You too, eh? :)
I think I was one of four or five people in history who have used the phpBB control panel setting to define a custom date formatter, and it was for precisely that.
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Ja! Hell, if I had it my way there wouldn't even be time zones, let alone daylight savings time. But, sadly, I don't have that kind of power.
The main reason that I held off from doing it for so long is because I was a little concerned at how third-party applications would handle it given the number of cowboy coders out there. Thankfully, no issues so far on any platform. Fingers firmly crossed!
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Lawl, stupid spam bots.
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Months later, I kinda feel silly about this whole trans thing. I think it ran its course, just wish it didn't last like 8 months. Being in a trans circle like erryday was a really dumb idea, even though i thought i needed it at the time, did more harm than good.
On another topic, I've been trying beers, a lot of "nope, nope, nope, nope, nope" but I think I found my niche in stouts/porters. Started with a beverage called founders porter, now I just want more. Damn good stuff.
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I love stouts and porters. My personal favorite style is Belgian Ales, particularly Trappist Ales. If you can find some of those, you should check them out.
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I've become quite the fan of German Lagers myself. Spaten and Warsteiner are my go-to's usually. I think what really pulled me towards the German brews in my beer questing was the drinkability at room temperature. Unless I'm TRYING to get fucked up my beers often hit close to room temp by the time I hit the bottom, and everyone knows your typical beer taste like piss at that point. German beers seem to almost get better as they sit for a bit.
I do enjoy a good Stout from time to time though. Stouts seem to have a punch you in the face and put hair on your chest quality about them. I like them, I just can't drink a lot.
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Funny you mention room temp. I don't know what it is, but these beers im getting taste like ass when they're cold, but they have damn good taste when warm.
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I'm inclined to say that's a sign of good beer. My g-pa told me when he lived in Germany they would get 3-4 beers at a time and let them sit and warm before drinking them.
(http://www.ranallistudios.com/img/s8/v85/p1097885455-4.jpg)
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Since I mostly grab stuff like stouts, belgian ales, imperial porters, dopplebocks, etc. I drink most of my beer at room temp. I rarely ever bother cooling stuff unless it's cheap beer that'll taste like ass if I don't.
If you want hair on your chest find a beer with more than 10% alcohol. I stumbled upon http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bush-pilot-norseman/259661/
14.5% abv Eisbock. I was expecting it to taste pretty bad (I just bought it because it was the first beer I've seen that's actually above 10%), but it's actually pretty good. I find that at around 8% abv and up there's a chance that the flavor of a beer doesn't always cover the alcohol well, but that one was surprisingly drinkable. Plus, 1 bottle of that Norseman (750ml, 14.5%) is damn near 6 beers worth of alcohol in one bottle.
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I have been postponing this for too long, but, I got a "new" car.
(http://i.imgur.com/WUG1aIj.jpg)
Small, but affordable, and 6'1.5" me can fit in it just fine, it's nice. My old minivan is just too old and too unsafe to drive, but I got 10 years out of it.
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Is that an Aveo? If so, I hope you have more luck than my dad did with his old one. :s
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Yes it is. 2009 chevy aveo. Though not sure if im lucky, I had to spend more than $600 on new struts so far, buying used cars is a bitch. I'm not a goddamn mechanic, but either way, wasn't any used cars that could compete with that one, and it's been going well so far.
It's so much nicer than...
(http://i.imgur.com/pKJl8j4.jpg) This fuckin old silhouette ive been driving for the past 10 years. That damage on the side was from the LAST GODDAMN SNOW OF THE YEAR early march. Going down the decline of a bridge too fast, by too fast, I mean 10 under the speed limit, when i shoulda been going 25 under the speed limit. Lost control of the vehicle when I was trying to slow down. Not a fun time, but, I needed a new car since 2013 so at least this forced that into happening.
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I'm thinking that if that Aveo is this old and it hasn't had any major problems you should be good to go. My dad had a 2009 Aveo5 LT (bought new) and it started showing some very major issues around 2012, like stalling when you started to let the clutch out (well before the clutch would have actually engaged). None of the Chevy dealerships seemed to be able to fix it. No bueno.
Not sure how the automatics are, but the manual transmissions are very strange beasts. On my dad's car, no matter how good you were you couldn't get a smooth shift from 1st to 2nd unless you shifted at around 3000 rpm. It's funny, but after being used to driving that car I felt like a pro the next time I drove stick.
It seems kind of strange that the struts went so quickly on it, though. My old 1995 Saturn SC2 had its original struts until around 2008. Then again, it was always a fairly low-mileage vehicle (I got it in 2002 with around 54,000 miles on the odometer) so that could very well be why.
Sorry to hear about the ol' van. It looks like it was in pretty good shape before that happened, too. :(
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Well, this brings me back: http://bugmenot.com/view/arch0wl.com (http://bugmenot.com/view/arch0wl.com)
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Arch0wl feels like a distant memory at this time. Didn't the site die like 10 years ago to like this month?
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I wonder what it would be like if it came back online just as it was.
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Arch0wl feels like a distant memory at this time. Didn't the site die like 10 years ago to like this month?
I want to say that it shut down in 2006, but I can't remember for sure.
I wonder what it would be like if it came back online just as it was.
You'd probably get something like ODI (is that site still alive? I can't seem to find it). Frankly, I couldn't tolerate that place.
Speaking of trips down memory lane, I seem to vaguely recall a certain someone walking up to me at the Southern Park Mall way back when and saying, "hey, aren't you Spectere from arch0wl.com?" That was awesomely spontaneous. :P
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Speaking of trips down memory lane, I seem to vaguely recall a certain someone walking up to me at the Southern Park Mall way back when and saying, "hey, aren't you Spectere from arch0wl.com?" That was awesomely spontaneous. :P
Lol yeah those were the days man. I couldn't believe you lived so damn close to me. I recall you and someone named Jared being the top 2 DDR/ITG players in our area. I played a LOT and just couldn't get to that level without massive bar raping.
Southern Park, Camelot Lanes, Eastwood, Beaver Mall....damn I miss those days.
I actually started playing stepmania again. I wish I had all the SIM files I used to have. Like the Arch0wl packs and what not (specifically Beserk Lurks competition winning track). I miss Lawn Wake IV also. That was one of my favorite files.
I have all the Anime and DDR packs so I do have a lot, just not the custom list of files I had back in the day.
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I've been playing SM a bit more lately, too. Strange, there must be something in the air. :P
I'm not home right now (chilling with my buddy in Maryland) but if I remember I'll try to throw those packs (including the unfinished, uncut CKBMP3) up on the site, as well as whatever else I can find.
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I've been playing SM a bit more lately, too. Strange, there must be something in the air. :P
I'm not home right now (chilling with my buddy in Maryland) but if I remember I'll try to throw those packs (including the unfinished, uncut CKBMP3) up on the site, as well as whatever else I can find.
Yeah that is weird. A time for nostalgia apparently. That would be awesome btw. You still have your old collection?
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I have quite a bit of it, yes. Losing data once or twice has made me very, very paranoid. :) The main problem is that it's scattered all over the damn place, but I do have most of the huge stuff (KBMP, KBMP 1.5, CKBMP 1, 2 & 3, etc).
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Been a long damn time, but I got me a partner. It's a weird feeling, honestly has been a super long time. Sex is like, way less important than society tells me it is. Why do they do this? Now laying on the couch together and just talking about whatever bullshit, for some reason, that's just the best part for me.
But idk, I'm an old fucker who's been away from this stuff for too long. New experience to me anyway.
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laying on the couch together and just talking about whatever bullshit, for some reason, that's just the best part for me.
Been in a relationship for ages. Can confirm just being together is amazing (sex is still nice though).
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Been a long damn time, but I got me a partner. It's a weird feeling, honestly has been a super long time. Sex is like, way less important than society tells me it is. Why do they do this? Now laying on the couch together and just talking about whatever bullshit, for some reason, that's just the best part for me.
But idk, I'm an old fucker who's been away from this stuff for too long. New experience to me anyway.
How does society make it a big deal? You mean dumb meatheads like the Jersey shore guys? Entertainment is sexualized for business purposes because it attracts people.
Also, that's awesome! I imagine that's a great feeling. How did you guys meet? How long since your last?
Sex is also different for everyone. To some it's a bigger deal than others. Some folks put a lot of eggs in the sex basket. I did when I was younger because I was the last one in my group of friends to have sex and I got ridiculed HORRIBLY for it (we were all assholes to each other back then). I was 19 when I lost my virginity. I don't know if that had some kind of permanent effect on me but having a good sex life is actually really important to me now, as shallow as that may sound. It doesn't make a good relationship by a long shot as I learned through experience, but I'm very sexually charged so it has kind of become one of my "needs" in relationships. Fortunately I've been with a woman for a year now who shares that notion.
I still feel bad about breaking up with a girl 9 years ago because she wouldn't have sex with me due to religious reasons. She still refuses to speak to me a decade down the road which shouldn't bother me so much but it kind of does.
In the end though you're right when you say about laying on the couch talking about whatever. Deep conversation about anything and everything is like nothing else with a partner. Easily trumps sex. I've had partners who were pretty "simple" and basically incapable of deep conversation. I should have known things wouldn't work out in those instances but I'm a hopeless romantic and always looked for the good no matter what. A detriment that's caused me a lot of pain but I am who I am and I'm ok with that.
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I ain't saying sex is bad, though it did start off a bit rocky for me, those problems have been ironed out and it's fine now. It's just, it's not the best thing ever, it's damn good, but it aint the best thing ever.
But we pretty much met at work. I know work relationships are taboo, but I don't really work a serious job at the moment and im looking for something with better hours. Anyhow, they've made a comment about their folks being gone for a week and they'll be alone for a week. I live in Michigan, they moved here from California back in...February ish, so they don't have that big of a circle of people yet. I figured we get along, and I'd go over there and hang out.
Basically, I wasn't interested in anything happening, I figured we'd just hang out and talk. They're like trans, ftm, but now they've told me non binary, not identifying as either so to say. So because of that, wasn't really interested in anything romantic happening, but also because of it, we could relate on that level because I've had my own trans experience. So I went over with my n64, we talked while that was being kind of passively played, stayed till 4am...and that sparked another visit the next day, brought my ps2 but mostly just talked, stayed till 6am...which then I figured I'd go over again the next day...It was a Sunday, and I stayed till Wednesday. Nothing happened the entire time, just talking and hanging out, until Sunday. They were going to bed, I was going to leave, they offered for me to stay over so I wouldn't have to drive home...I thought about it...ended up saying fuck it and sleeping there...more talking, I end up with my arm around them...they take my hand towards their breast...and yknow, yadda yadda...now we're where we're at.
It just kinda happened. It's weird going from "not really attracted to this person, but they're cool and we get along" to "holy shit they're gorgeous, I love being around this person" in a pretty short period of time. I do know "new relationship feels, everything's gonna feel perfect, then after a while it slows down and blablabla" but, right now it's going good, trying to take futurey stuff into consideration and squash potential issues as I think of them. Communicating and being as honest as I can to try and avoid any issues in the future. Also like...large age difference between us, right now it's not an issue, but I really don't know how it will affect things in the future. I do not wish to say what it is, but they aren't 21, and I'm quite a bit older than 21...It really makes me feel like the bad guy in a way for whatever reason. Partly due to that, I'm not making any moves myself but following their lead or going with their advances, unless it just comes up in conversation as something we both want to do because then I know it's cool. It's a bit weird to think about when I am away from them, but with them I honestly don't see it being obvious at all. I know my place, and my entire goal is to make this person as comfortable as I can. I want to say I've done a damn good job of it so far, because of the feedback I have gotten, but I just really really really really don't want to cause any drama at all. If there's a problem, we can talk and be civil, and solve it. Just trying to lay down this baseline "it's ok if you don't like something or want to do something, we can talk about it and there won't be a problem" type of vibe. Because I figure if we can't talk about something, there's just going to be problems down the line, and I don't want that.
So, like, it's been cool so far. Trying to think about things to do outside of our residences, going out, movies, dinner, whatever. It's really nice. I haven't felt this good in probably over a decade now. I've literally never felt so comfortable around someone in my entire life. Where we can fuck, and afterwards, just joke around and laugh about whatever. It just damn nice, I don't need to pretend to be someone else, we can just joke around and whatever and it's ok.
*edit*
Idk how I make big tldr posts when I drink, but I do. At least my drinking has gone down a lot.
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Whoa that's a pretty wild story. I had no idea you had your own trans experience. Care to elaborate? I have 4 sisters, two of which (my older siblings) are lesbians, and my best friend I grew up with doesn't care about gender so I was kind of raised with that being normalcy for me.
Happy for you. Hope it works out.
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I'm really happy to see your stance on communication. Whenever someone asks me about how i've kept my relationship going for so long, that's the key thing I mention is honesty and communication.
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I had no idea you had your own trans experience. Care to elaborate?
If you look back a few pages you can see a chunk of my experience already. Basically most of 2014 I was confused about my identity and thought I was an mtf trans. I went and did things I would normally never do, going to a therapist, seeing doctors to get hormones, telling irl people about this stuff, started drinking, ACTUALLY GETTING HORMONES, and yeah. I got hormones in December and quit shortly after, it was the thing I needed to figure everything out, and I feel quite comfortable with where I am at right now months after the fact. I still want a more fem look, maybe incorporate some fem clothes into my outfit, but I identify as a male, and have no desire to live as a woman. I just prefer the aesthetic I guess.
But the trans feels went, and immediately brought me to wanting to be in a relationship, so I'd been perusing someone since around November or so online. We were going to meet up like next month or so, they live in California, I'm Michigan, so it's a bit of a trip. Thing is they fucked up and did something to really make me upset, and they know what they did was wrong, which caused me to decide to hang out with my co worker...and now I am with that person.
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I just ordered a Gamo2 (formerly DJ DAO) FP7. Ow, my wallet (but it's going to be so awesome!).
I've gotten back into IIDX in a very big way recently and the US KOC keypad just isn't doing it for me. The original JP KOC felt so much better but they just didn't hold up as well. The KOC I'm using now is the JP base/turntable with the US keys, because the JP controller has a significantly better turntable. Works pretty nicely, but it definitely can't touch an ASC.
It'll also be nice to have a spare KOC for spare parts (I currently have two for 14K play).
Edit: hay guiz, guess what shipped today. ;D
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Nice. Also,
got my second AAA in sm today make that third fourth 5th 6th AAA. If I was playing just a tad better I could AAA this too: (somehow I feel like nobody's even looking at my scores in the proper thread)
(http://puu.sh/j15Oq/16f24542c9.jpg)
(http://puu.sh/j166k/affbe70154.jpg)
(http://puu.sh/j16K3/eeb575f057.jpg)
(http://puu.sh/j1891/f640e4b243.jpg)
[too lazy to upload last AAA image]
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Do you index?
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Spread on df jk now. Haven't indexed in years.
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I've never been able to play any other way. You should upload some vids and post them of your AAA's
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SM still doesn't have replays does it? I don't know how much trying to record things might mess with stuff if I have to record live. Also, no camera for handcam :/
I actually meant to make some more videos when I was still playing osu!mania but I've just been lazy and never gotten around to it.
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I've pretty much 100% moved on from rhythm games to fightans at this point.
EVOLUTION 2015 IS ON FROM NOW TO SUNDAY, GET HYPE!
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SM still doesn't have replays does it? I don't know how much trying to record things might mess with stuff if I have to record live.
No, it doesn't have replays.
Do you have an NVIDIA card? You might be able to record using ShadowPlay.
I've pretty much 100% moved on from rhythm games to fightans at this point.
One could argue that there is a certain amount of rhythm in fightans. ;)
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No, it doesn't have replays.
Do you have an NVIDIA card? You might be able to record using ShadowPlay.
Nope, I'm on a laptop that only has intel hd4k. If I had a real gpu I would be much less bothered by the idea of trying to record a liveplay. I suppose I should at least try to record something sometime and see what the framerate actually looks like.
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I've recorded on some pretty low end hardware before (my most viewed video on YouTube was recorded on a Pentium 4 2.8GHz with a GeForce 6600GT--which an Ivy Bridge Intel CPU with an HD4000 will easily beat) and my framerate didn't take a hit. The only way you're likely to see a major hit is if the game constantly hits the HDD or if it's CPU bound (and in the era of multicore it's rare for a game to use multithreading aggressively enough for that to be a limiting factor).
I don't think you'll have a problem, honestly.
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Recording definitely has an effect on osu's framerate. Enough that there's no way I'd even try a liveplay in osu. But at least part of that is because osu's input is not decoupled from it's rendering, so bad framerate = random bad accuracy even when you're playing fine.
Someday when I'm not lazy I'll see how it affects sm, since that does have decoupled input.
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Yeah, I though about it a bit and realized that you might run into issues because you're dealing with shared memory. It's going to definitely be faster scraping the framebuffer of a dedicated GPU than an onboard chip.
Have you tried playing around with the video options in osu? I do recall having to tweak them a bit for it to run acceptably on my tablet (a cheap HP Stream 7...about as low-end as you can get, I imagine).
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Osu's options are not particularly tweakable. I already have pretty much every distracting/flashing/extra visual element disabled. Mania mode runs at considerably lower framerates than standard regardless of settings. When recording I could not find any set of settings that didn't wreck my framerate. Ingame frame limiter is bad, limiting with fraps was better (using no compression), but still had terrible stuttering that would make it flat out unplayable. OBS encoding to x264 is slightly better, but only just.
I'm playing on a Lenovo g500s Touch without the optional nvidia chip.
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If changing the encoding options makes things better than you might be running into CPU contention (or HDD...I'm not sure exactly how osu! streams data from the disk). Either that or osu! just does things in a way that makes it really inefficient for screen recorders.
Speaking of which, which recording software have you tried using? Maybe that has something to do with it.
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I've tried Fraps and OBS. I've been using OBS lately because it works better, and I don't have to encode my videos separately. Also, according to Process Hacker Osu runs my GPU at like 90% by itself. No idea how accurate that is, but it seems to be pretty accurate.
EDIT: did a bit of testing. Looks like recording SM vis OBS works pretty damn well. Now if only I could improve my reading so I could actually play decently hard stuff properly I'd be happy.
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What the bloody hell is osu! doing that's making it take 90% of an HD4000? Does your laptop have a 1080p panel or something and it's just the fill rate that's killing it?
For reference, the aforementioned tablet that I occasionally play it on is using a quad-core Intel Atom with a GPU that makes the HD4000 look like a Titan X, though it is running at a fairly low resolution (1366x768, I believe).
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lol, osu's code is pretty famous for being unoptimized as fuck. It's possible he's just doing something that you should just not be doing on this GPU. Peppy is not a good programmer, just a dedicated one. Also, mania runs worse than standard. Mania was developed by some chinese guy with essentially no input from peppy, and relies on tons of ugly hacks and god knows what else.
The game's UI looks nice. The community integration features are great (though there are plenty of missed opportunities). And that's pretty much everything nice I can say about osu. Well, on second thought, at least it runs on windows 8 without requiring some dirty hacks, so it beats out o2jam there.
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Well, that much is obvious. ;) One thought: are you running with vsync on or off (I can't remember if the game has an option for it)? If it's off and there's no frame limiter, that would explain why it's hammering your GPU. Failing that, he might be writing out textures way more often than he really has to.
O2Jam is pretty badly coded (not to mention just being badly designed in general) but, to be fair, most of the problems with it on Windows 8 are Microsoft-related. In a nutshell, DirectDraw doesn't get along with Aero, and when Microsoft saw fit to make Aero mandatory for Windows 8 it broke a ton of games because of how shitty their DDraw emulation is. The only reason they worked so well in Vista and 7 is because they turn Aero off when you run a DDraw application fullscreen. Windows 8 never turns it off, ever.
Fortunately, several people have developed DirectDraw wrappers, including the Wine team (Wine's ddraw.dll is essentially a DirectDraw to OpenGL wrapper). This build of the Wine ddraw.dll (http://bitpatch.com/ie_ddrawfix.html) works well for O2Jam (don't run the setup or anything, just drill down into \ddrawfix\wined3d in the ZIP and extract those DLLs into the O2Jam directory). It brought my framerate up from about 4-5fps to a smooth 60.
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Vsync in osu is something nobody should EVER use. since osu doesn't process input separately from rendering, limiting to 60hz fucks your ability to hit shit on time pretty hard.
There's also the d3d windower option for o2jam. And once it's been windowed you can run a tool that makes the window resizable.
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Well that would be why it's maxing your GPU. And it's also a valuable lesson for anyone who decides to program a rhythm game (I mean, honestly, that's about the worst way he could have implemented input).
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There ARE plans to decouple them sometime in the future. Peppy's working on fixing some stuff up before making the code "open source" (sans the networking stuff so nobody can go take the client and make their own back end easily, and so peppy still gets the final say in anything making it in) and that's one of the things he plans on fixing (as well as the rendering system, among other things).
But yeah, that's absolutely retarded.
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I've tried Fraps and OBS.
I use Fraps all the time. I found the reason my frame rate was always getting hit so hard was because I was recording to the same HDD my games were playing off of. Once I switched Fraps to record on my other hard drive the frame rate drop disappeared completely.
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I'm on a laptop. Don't have another harddrive to record to, or I'd have done that.
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I'm on a laptop. Don't have another harddrive to record to, or I'd have done that.
Ah I see.
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My laptop has two drives. Then again, I specifically seek out ones that do. :P
If your laptop supports USB 3.0, you may want to look into getting an external HDD or an enclosure. USB 3.0 is capable of supporting the full speed of a mechanical hard drive. That being said, I'm thinking a lot of your issue has to do with how osu! is coded (unless it uses a TON of disk I/O for some reason).
On another note, I'm putting together a recording setup for IIDX. I have a tripod mount for my phone and I'm borrowing my dad's Dazzle to record the gameplay footage. I just need to wait until the RCA splitters that I ordered arrive (should be here on Saturday) and I'll be able to throw a test recording together. If the Dazzle works out I'll probably invest in something a bit more permanent and Mac-compatible. The Dazzle that he has doesn't have any Mac software, which complicates my workflow somewhat, but I can manage.
One of my friends suggested on Twitter that I start livestreaming IIDX sessions. We shall see, I suppose. I definitely have the audio equipment needed for such a project, though finding a USB video interface that doesn't have several lag frames might be a bit more of a challenge (I'm sure there's a way to delay the audio to keep it synced...we'll see). Definitely more of a down-the-road kinda thing, if it even happens.
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I do have USB 3, so that's an option. I just don't really have the income right now to justify an external drive.
If you stream IIDX, definitely let me know. I've been spending quite a bit of time watching VSRG streams lately.
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Will do! I should have at least a test video out at some time this weekend. If I succumb to rampant rhythm game voyeurism then I'll probably buy the rest of what I need fairly soon. :P I'd say at this point that it depends on the price of cameras. There is a really ghetto way that I can use my phone camera using iOS 8's screen mirroring (basically, mirror the screen, fire up the Camera app on the phone, set it in video mode so that its "shutter" speed stays above 1/30 or 1/60, and crop off the app chrome), but I'd rather not do that. Those cameras aren't really meant to take video for hours on end. I've heard that the PS4 camera is quite nice, so maybe that'll be an option. As a bonus, if it doesn't work out I can always use it for my PS4.
The only real rule is that whatever I get has to work on a Mac. Shouldn't be too hard, though there are a few things that curiously don't have drivers for that platform (such as the lower end Dazzles and such). I don't want to have to unplug my audio interfaces just to do some stupid streaming (I have every port except for the SD card slot in use on that poor thing, not to mention all of the ports on an external USB 3.0 hub).
The other touchy thing is going to be the audio. Obviously I'd like to have both the direct game audio so that the quality won't be shit, but I'd also like to have other audio so that I could talk and so that viewers will be able to hear the key clicks (and me screaming when I fail A [7K] with a 78% like what happened to me other night...I passed it on my next try, at least). I prefer playing audio through the TV so that I can hear the keys more clearly, but I think I'm just going to have to give up and wear headphones. Even if I turn my mic gain down, that doesn't change the fact that I'm using a condenser mic that could pick up an ant farting from two states away. My noise isolating studio cans are out of the question, so...uh, Apple earbuds, maybe? Hell, that would be an improvement over my TV speakers. :P
Edit: Ran into some complications. The Dazzle absolutely refused to record audio with VirtualDub, and Premiere's capture only works with very specific, presumably high-end devices. I tried pumping the audio through my mixer, but since USB shares an input/output with the 2 Track In/Out, I couldn't record the RCA input with USB.
I have a couple of options, but I'm going to need some more adapters either way. I could ditch USB and use one of my UCA222 interface to pull audio in from the mixer. I'd rather not do that since I would greatly prefer having digital output. Another option is adapting RCA to unbalanced TS connectors and plugging them into the currently-unused ch 3/4. That would probably be the cheapest approach and would still be effective. The problem with these two solutions is that while it would allow me to plug everything into my mixer and monitor it with my studio headphones, I wouldn't be able to do much with the audio in post-production. While I want the clickity clacks from the keys to be audible, I doubt viewers would want to hear them quite as much.
The only real ways to do this while keeping the audio separate is to either come up with another piece of capture software (and I really don't want to use the crash-happy Pinnacle software that the Dazzle comes with) or get a better capture device. I'd rather get the Dazzle working, because I don't want to throw a whole lot of cash at this just yet until I know it's going to work.
I could still technically get the game audio to come through the mixer so that I could monitor it even if I do one of the other two options. I'd have to get another set of RCA splitters, run RCA cables across the room to my mixer, adapt them to TS, plug them into ch3/4, and banish the audio to the alt3/4 output (on my mixer, muted channels are sent to alt3/4, which I have set to come through the headphones).
It's times like these that I'm glad I ended up going with the X1204 instead of sticking with something smaller, like the XENYX 502 or a basic XLR/USB interface with +48V.
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I had no idea you had all that audio equipment on you. That's a pretty interesting setup. Having to work on a mac definitely complicates things a bit, but hopefully you can get it all solved.
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Yeah, I ended up picking up a lot of stuff so that I could work on various YouTube stuffs. I did a Minecraft LP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBzJODNGrUg&list=PL3QwVTF4WvJTNpet4l0giC78ZMwCS4ImT) with a friend of mine and have a few other things planned for down the road. It's not exactly high end gear by any stretch of the imagination (all in all, it wasn't really all that expensive, either), but it gets the job done.
On the contrary, I'd say that working on a Mac has been beneficial. When it comes to audio, Macs simply do it better out of the box. Core Audio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_Audio) blows away anything that Microsoft has produced and is comparable to ASIO (and since it's built into the OS it prevents you from having to dick around at all). Its handling of multiple audio devices is far superior as well, allowing you to make aggregate devices and assign channels around pretty much however you want. If my iMac suddenly exploded and I had to try to get that gear working on a Windows machine I would be in for a hell of a headache.
As far as video goes, the real problem is that I'm using the wrong tool for the job. Dazzles are odd in that they're general video interfaces that are relegated to a single task. With the display formats that they support, they're great if you want to convert VHS to DVD. They're not so great if you want to do anything nifty with them. They also have far more SKUs than they really need, which is why you have to buy specific Dazzles if you want Mac compatibility (the one that I've been trying to use, DVC100, is Windows-only, so during my test run I had it plugged into my laptop).
After working with it a bit, I also noticed a huge bugbear. I'm not sure if it's a VirtualDub limitation or what, but I was only able to get 30hz capture working on it. As I'm sure you're well aware, NTSC is not an even 30hz. Suffice it to say, the video looked stuttery, even when I manually deinterlaced it. Those things sure as hell aren't made for pedants.
I might just end up buying something. Fortunately, waning demand on decent PAL/NTSC capture devices did drive prices down somewhat.
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Right, I forgot that apple stuff is so often used for audio stuff. I was thinking more about general hardware compatibility there.
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Yep. It's not that it necessarily has more tools available (Logic Pro being the notable exception), but the audio subsystem in OS X is just much better suited for that sort of work.
I believe ASIO still manages a lower latency, but you can't count on that being supported in a given application. Furthermore, in my experience, you can't count on it to work in a consistent way across devices (and, in the case of Creative Labs ASIO drivers, it tends to cause your computer to BSOD when you make the mistake of trying to use it).
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I think I'm a beer snob now. I go to the store, see someone walk out with a big case of bud lite, and I'll silently judge that motherfucker.
I'd been mainly drinking craft stouts around this area, trying all I can get my hand on. But sometimes, I get out of work, and I want something at the 711 which is on my way home from work, so I've been trying to expand my horizons to more common stuff.
Kinda getting bored of redds wicked at this point, so been looking at 40's, expecting the worst. I picked up a Magnum 40 today, and about to finish the bottle as I'm typing this, and...it ain't that bad. Like, budweiser, but lite, bud lime, rolling rock, WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY worse than this. Even certain craft stouts that I didn't end up liking i'd put under this.
I want to try the other 40's this 711 has, but, my first one, I like it enough to where I wish I had a second one right now. Cheap, abv isn't going to kill me like some imperial stouts do, taste isn't too bad, good volume. Shit, this might be my new go to beverage. When I'm paying $2.50 for a decent drink for 40oz, when normally I'd pay over SEVEN DOLLARS FOR A 24oz (http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/335/5428/), it's a lot more economical.
Anyway, I'm trying all I can with beer. I really don't like buying something I have tried before, I tend to mostly buy new things that I haven't yet tasted. It's funny to me that I've tasted more different things in my...6 months drinking beer than my friends with their 10-11 years of drinking beer.
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I'm a filthy casual when it comes to beer drinking. I find that I generally just stick to Yuengling, but I typically just stick with the occasional shot or mixed drink unless I'm really in the mood for a cool lager.
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Bought me a bottle of Rochefort 10 last night. Love me some Belgian ales, and trappist beers in particular. Plus, the 11.3 abv is nice.
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Doublepost. Oh well.
So, http://smrankings.net/ is a thing now. Just started, and they're still adding files to the system and tweaking stuff.
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Not really sure why they restrict scores to AAs and above. I think it would be a far more useful competitive resource if it--like sites like Solid State Squad--allowed all entries regardless of letter grade.
Regardless, registered. If I end up using it, awesome. If not, at least I reserved my name. :p
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Well as far as I understand, the top players only really care about AAs in terms of achievements (AAAs being too restrictive and A and less being too weak to care about in a competitive sense). And as it says, the site's not REALLY geared towards being a repository for every score you make.
Apparently I can't 17 right now on that site:
(http://puu.sh/jpr2p/bf79834b03.png)
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Regardless, it's a shame that void isn't being filled. Not everyone is at that level, and it's never a bad thing when people can compete regardless of skill level (and track their own progression, for that matter).
The fact that the classic DDR (and, by extension, StepMania) grading system isn't really all that great for competitive play doesn't help matters.
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Yeah. they have added some easier stuff, but the easy stuff is still not at the complete noob level. That's at least in part because nobody working on that site has any idea what noob level stuff should even be there (and tbh noob level pad stuff would be rated like nothing on their current scale).
Still, it's nice that there's at least something.
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I ended up just breaking down and ordering an ION Video 2 PC MKII to do some composite video capture. Works pretty well! I'm not sure if it'll work with something like OBS in OS X, but I'll find out eventually.
Unfortunately, I played like absolute shit today (we're talking 50-100 points, on average, below my usual scores...yuck), so my test footage isn't particularly impressive.
Regardless, here's me playing Absolute 7H on Happy Sky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aegun3GDbcM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aegun3GDbcM)
The output from the PS2 was captured with the Video 2 PC and the video of my hands was recorded with my iPhone 6. I'm really fucking impressed with how good cell phone cameras have gotten. It absolutely blows away the old DV camera that I used to use for my ancient IIDX/SM videos in literally every way.
I forgot to cut the video off near the end, so there's about 20 seconds of result screen in there, haha. For some reason the video didn't come through as 60fps...not really sure why! I'll have to double check a few things and possible upload some test footage to get the format right. Maybe I got the sequence settings wrong in Premiere or something. I was kind of pissed for most of the night because 1) I was annoyed at how badly I was screwing up simple charts (Absolute was probably my second best playthrough...I did better on The Earth Light, but that chart doesn't make for an interesting video at all) and 2) it seemed like every time I needed to look something up online my Internet connection would go down faster than a whore's drawers, so I wasn't being as careful and thorough as I usually would be.
Apologies for the controller wobble. I have it on a cheap TV tray table that I bought for like $9 from Target, so it's far from the sturdiest thing. The controller video was also taken at a slight angle because I didn't have a rig that could situate my phone directly above it. I compensated for it in Premiere and I think I did a pretty good job at straightening it out. If you happen to spot any distortion or skewing on the controller, however, that's why. Fortunately, the video from my phone is 1080p, so I had plenty of extra resolution to work with, even with the video being upscaled (which was done in the hopes of getting 720p60...which didn't wind up happening for some reason! It annoys me how much of a black box YouTube's encoding/processing process is).
Also note that there are no key clicks in the video. I don't yet have the cables necessary to pump the game audio through my mixer, and mixing TV audio with direct line out sounds like shit.
Edit: It just occurred to me that I should have rendered the video at 960x720 instead of 1280x720. It would have definitely compressed better. Oh well, I'll keep that in mind for next time. :)
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That video is... surprisingly fuzzy. Kinda funny seeing the juxtaposition of that and the clear HD footage of your phone lol. Also, that audio buzz :<. I know it's only really noticeable in the beginning (and a bit less in the ending) but still, that'e one of those real peeves I have, since it's actually really easy to get rid of.
Youtube is kinda annoying about their encoding stuff. None of my SM videos are 60fps because I play with the default window size and it's small enough that youtube won't make an HD 60fps encode of it, even if I record it in 60fps with OBS.
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It's easy to get rid of audio buzz with an audio editor. It's not as easy to get rid of it in a non-linear video editor. You don't have the benefit of being able to create a solid noise profile, so you either can't get rid of enough or you knock out so much that the audio quality suffers across the board. Believe me, I tried. Premiere does fairly well with mic hiss. It doesn't do too well with buzzing, especially when the volume of the buzz varies.
I would have just pulled the audio into Audition and preprocessed it (I've done it before...that does a wonderful job), but remember the remark I made about my Internet connection deciding to repeatedly crap out during that particular stretch of time? Yeah, guess what I couldn't download.
I'm pedantic enough that I definitely wouldn't let something like that go lightly, but I was annoyed enough that I just dealt with it. It's just a test recording anyway. Like I said, most of my IIDX session tonight was pretty shameful (by the standards that I set for myself, anyway). That's one of the main reasons the video is unlisted.
And yeah, 480i with an embedded 1080p video looks kinda weird. :P If YouTube supported 480p60 I definitely would have used that. 720p is kind of overkill for PS2 gameplay.
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Ahh, yeah that makes sense. Same with my SM videos being unlisted. None of them are plays I'm very happy with. Last 2 days have been bad days for me, I've been playing so much worse that I get frustrated and quit out after a couple songs.
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So I just checked and the video was definitely rendered at 60fps. I knew I wasn't hallucinating. Not sure what kind of bug YouTube has up its ass, but I'm going to have to figure out how I have to encode these suckers so that it actually maintains the proper framerate.
I did find a few guides, so we'll see how those go. Google doesn't seem to be too keen on letting anyone know about encoding issues or anything of the like, so it might take some tedious experimentation for me to really get it right. Fingers firmly crossed.
Also, Audition is officially installed on my iMac, so now you won't have to worry about that mean, nasty buzz invading your ear holes. ;)
Edit: Turns out, the reason for YouTube not putting up the 60fps option is because the sequence in Premiere somehow got set to interlaced rather than progressive scan, which is funny because I distinctly remember telling it not to pull settings from the PS2 footage. YouTube doesn't seem to like interlaced video (which I find to be sort of bizarre, really...most of the video uploaded to YouTube at one point was interlaced!).
I'm rendering an updated file with some of the issues fixed (rendered at a 4:3 aspect ratio, buzz removed with Audition, 60fps hopefully functional). I'll link it when it's up.
Edit2: Updated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwY6vfpAcuw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwY6vfpAcuw)
Still no 60fps for some stupid reason, but that one at least fixes most of the issues with the previous generation.
Edit3: Oh hey, awesome! 60fps showed up on the new video. Looks like you just have to give it more time. Yay!
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Oh yeah, sometimes it can take some time to process the 60fps version.
So, Skwid released a new pack of dump files. Then this happened:
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The weird part about it is that it took quite a while for 60fps to be enabled on the Absolute video, but it took less than 5 minutes for the Z-i-V one. Speaking of transparency, I wish YouTube were a bit more transparent about the actual processing time. It really doesn't give you much to work with. :/
Also, that video was hilarious. XD
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I ordered one of these cubes (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H9FSS58?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00), going to arrive on Monday. Out of nowhere I got an interest into cubing, so I figured I'd get a solid cube and give er a go. Pretty cheap so no loss if I don't take up to it.
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Nice! Do you plan to work on speed solving or are you just planning to do it casually?
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Figure I'd go at it casually. If I fool around with it enough, and figure out the damn thing, I'd probably give speed cubing a shot.
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Double posting because why not, been a month.
I can do the first two layers of the cube pretty easily now, but I can't do the final layer yet without looking on the internet. Far as I am aware, you need to memorize a bunch of algorithms to get the last layer, of which two of the 4 steps to solving the cube are located. The first step is very very very easy, make a cross. Pick a side, whatever color you want, and make a cross, make sure each part of the cross matches with the adjacent side. So you're solving for blue, one of your side pieces for blue has red on it, so make sure that blue/red piece is on the blue/red side, not the blue/orange side or the blue/white or blue/yellow side, it has to be in that specific spot. Second step is called F2L, which is first two layers. You pretty much put the cross you made on the bottom, and use the now top layer as your workspace. Solve each of the corners on the side you made the cross on, so I solve for blue, now I want each corner, catch is, im also solving for the sides on the middle layer at the same time. So for example, Solving for blue, I have a corner piece for blue, that has blue/white/orange, so I need a side piece that has white/orange. My goal is to get the blue/white/orange piece to match up with the white/orange sidepiece to make an f2l pair, and i do this with the top workspace, while trying to maintain the cross i made in the first step. Work at getting a pair, slide it into place, and do it for all 4 corners, this solves the first two layers.
After that, I don't know, you can do the first two steps on intuition, the other two just requires memorization to my knowledge. Step 3 is called OLL, orient last layer, so when solving for blue, the last layer is green, so you get the green layer all the same (but this in most cases doesn't solve the sides), so with the top done, you need to slide the sides around to finish the puzzle...to step 4, PLL, permutations of the last layer. That step is just remembering algorithms to slide the blocks around in the right spot to finish the puzzle.
For now I am enjoying getting the first two layers done by intuition, whenever I decide to get to it, I'll try to memorize the cases and algorithms I need to actually solve the whole thing without using the internet.
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I like how cube solving is a lot like Sudoku. The concept is deceptively simple, but arriving at the actual solution is pretty damn complex.
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I don't really have too much money to spend (motherfucking car), so the alcohol expenses had been going down, less craft stouts, more macro stuff. So, i'd prefer to enjoy the cheap macro stuff, bud lite is garbage, rolling rock is garbage, what is there?
Like there's 40's, and I do enjoy them, but sometimes I just don't want a 40, I don't need that much beer to be inside my body most days.
Tried me two things, Icehouse, and Natty Daddy. Both of which sounded horrible, but they were like a dollar each for a 24oz can. Both of em are pretty good, have kind of a malt liquor taste to them, but in a smaller portion. I prefer Icehouse in taste, and it's lower abv is nice at 5.5 to Natty Daddy's 8%, I don't really crave getting drunk, or even a buzz, it's just a nice thing to drink after a workshift to me, like coffee, or an energy drink or something. So I'll probly be buying Icehouse in the future, it's like magnum or old english 800, but you don't need to commit to 40oz of the stuff.
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Heh. I had Bud Lite once. That was enough for me.
I've been more into the occasional shot of hard liquor than anything else. Currently working on a massive 1.5L bottle of Jagermeister (it was a hell of a Christmas gift, that's for sure), a bottle of Fireball, a little bottle of Jack Daniels, and a bottle of Southern Comfort. Really just depends on the kind of mood I'm in.
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Jaeger is good, but I can't really have liquor around because I'll drink...the...whole bottle...
Bought a bottle of Bacardi Black (don't recommend it, Bacardi ain't good), and because I DONT KNOW WHEN TO STOP, I was a wee bit hungover yesterday.
For christmas though...maybe a little pint bottle of Jaeger or Kraken would be ok...
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My biggest problem is that I have a tendency to drink fast, so I've learned to give drinks a little time to settle so that I don't end up regretting everything the next morning,
On a related note, have you ever tried Zombie Killer? It's a wonderful, wonderful apple/cherry cider: http://www.bnektar.com/brews/zombie-killer/ (http://www.bnektar.com/brews/zombie-killer/). I highly recommend it if you can find it near you. I need to try some of their other products, actually...they all look pretty delicious.
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i finally managed to finish off my bottle of jägermeister, only to realize that i have ANOTHER bottle of jägermeister, which is a spice flavor or something (ﾉಥ益ಥ）ﾉ ┻━┻
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Oh hey, it's you! Hi! ;D
And ah...yeah, I'm still working on a 1.5L bottle of Jägermeister that my cousin bought me for Christmas last year. It's probably going to take me another two years to finish that off. <_<
Edit: Oh yeah, I turned 31 today. Yay?
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Happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-* I don't even know what I'd do if I had the 1.5L bottle... I think my regular jäger was a .75L and the spiced jäger is a .375L.
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Thanks! ;D
You know the worst part about the 1.5L bottle? I ended up getting a 375mL bottle the same year (apparently there's no such thing as too much Jäger). :s I've just been refilling the 375mL bottle when it runs out since that 1.5L one won't fit in the freezer.
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Haha that's a pretty good idea. Somehow the 750 fit in my tiny fridge freezer until I finished it, though. Couldn't put anything else in.
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Lucky! I guess it taking up the entire freezer is a good incentive to finish it. I have a full-sized fridge/freezer, so the 375mL bottle doesn't really take up too much room, and the 1.5L bottle is stowed away in my closet.
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wtf, americans know mls?
Also, happy belated bday s-man.
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Um, yes? Our schools teach the metric system pretty much right from the beginning.
Also, thanks!
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When I started taking college classes again, and getting into the science oriented classes, it's all metric system. Plus, not sure if it's just me in this country, but for liquids, I personally prefer using liters over gallons/pints/whateverthefuck. Way simpler.
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It's funny, everything in school is metric, then you get out in the real world and half the shit out there is in imperial sizes anyway.
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Fluids seem to be kind of split. Water bottles seem to be more commonly measured in milliliters (16.9 fl oz is just awkward). Smaller bottles of soda are measured in fluid ounces (16/20 oz bottles), but larger bottles are measured in liters (1-2L). Some hard liquor is measured more prominently in milliliters, beers are generally measured in pints, and we generally measure shots in fluid ounces. It's weird.
And yeah, Bobbias, I think in your case they're trying to teach the new kids metric a lot more heavily so that they can work to fully replace it. That's definitely not something that people are going to be able to adjust to very easily, especially if they've been dealing with Imperial units for 30+ years. From what I've read and heard about the UK they seem to be even more dysfunctional when it comes to measurements. They seem to use metric in quite a few places, though they still stick with miles per hour, and they seem to measure weight in stone (which converts more cleanly to pounds than kilograms).
I'm kind of wondering when we're finally going to start making the switch. When we do, I can't even imagine how long it's going to take.
One thing that I really don't understand is the switch from Fahrenheit to Celsius for outdoor temperatures in some areas. Fahrenheit is basically a nice and granular measure of comfort, while Celsius is based solely on the freezing and boiling points of water, something that's not entirely relevant if you're curious as to how nice it'll be outside. I suppose on one hand it's nice to try to keep the number of differing measurement systems down as low as possible, but in some cases it simply makes more sense to have different units.
I dunno, maybe it's just something that takes time to get used to, but, to me, 100F gives me a much better idea of how miserable I'm going to be when I walk outside than 38C does. And I know that when you're getting into negative degrees Fahrenheit, you're going to have a bad time, whereas the line is a bit blurrier when you're talking about Celsius.
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With temp, I'd rather just Celsius since the rest of the frigging world uses it. I can understand being uncomfortable with the change, since my mind is tuned to Fahrenheit when it comes to the weather. However freezing/boiling at 0 and 100 makes a lot more sense in my brain than 32 and 212.
Or to keep the scientists happy, let's just not use either, and we can use Kelvin instead! No negative values, great for equations!
It's 289°K Right now!
Pretty damn warm for November to be frank. I do hear snow is coming later in the week though.
And about the liquids, it is kinda fucky around here isn't it? For soda you can get an 8oz can, 20oz bottle, or a liter, or a 2 liter. 5th of liquor, 750ml. Beer? Pint.
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Well I do still measure weight in pounds, and small distances in feet/inches. We often measure water temperatures in f rather than c too, but as far as weather goes, c works just fine for me. 0-10 is cool, 10-20 is not bad (21 being 'room temperature) and 25+ is 'it's getting hot out'. 38 is 'fuck this shit'.
What amuses me is that we often have the same sizes as the US (16/20 fl.oz) but measured in ml.
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+1 to the Kelvin idea. For some reason I think it would be nifty if 260° were actually quite cold.
And yeah, I remember being amused by the bottle sizes the couple of times that I visited Canada. The 500 mL water bottles are kind of a reverse example that we have here, as the prominent measure is still in fluid ounces. 16.9 fl oz, to be "exact!"
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591ml, 710 ml, 330ml. Now there's some weird 400 and something size of coke bottle (but fuck that, 591 was already small to me). And now all the 591ml bottles are replaced by 500ml :/
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Wow, that's pretty dickish. :/ I'll bet the price isn't even going to drop by a nickle (speaking of which, when is the US going to start getting rid of pennies, too? I hate those bloody things) by them taking away 91mL.
I don't see what the big deal is with just keeping things more or less as-is. A lot of those products come from the US, so I don't see the harm in just measuring them in even fluid ounces. It's like how the 500mL water bottles around here have 16.9 fl oz written on them. Why? It's not like we don't like what a liter is around here.
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"gimme a liter a cola"
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Just order a large, Bobbias...
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I know it's a bit late, but better late than never? unless nobody with a ps4 reads this post before they can make use of it.
That's a ps4 beta code for sf5, anyone is free to use it. It's up from the time of this post, to 9pm, est, on 12-19-2015. Beta comes back up at 7am on the 20th, and stays up till 1am the 21st, all on est.
I've been playing what I can, on pad....but better on pad than not at all right? Anyway, not going to go on a whole post about the game, I'll save that for later. Hopefully someone can make use of the code.
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Heh, sometimes I wish I didn't totally fail at fighting games. :P
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Well, I've been playing on controller, when I didn't even like the fighting game genre until I got a stick, so, it's been rough for me.
Even with that, overall, positive feelings on the game. Just can't wait to play the final release, on a damn arcade stick.
*edit* Interesting looking back on my posts about my "trans" stuff.
I feel so stupid for even going through that stuff in 2014, and im so far removed from that entire year's experience that it's comical to me that I was so brainwashed in that community that I thought the things that I did.
I mean yknow you live and learn right? Still, I went pretty far with it, far enough to get a freaking prescription for hormones and shit. I mean I still like that stuff, as in, females are aesthetically pleasing to me, so, looking like one would make myself look good to me. But to like, live that way? If any of y'all ever meet me in person, im a male, I act like a male, and it's hardwired into my existence to be the way I am, no fucking way I could even fake living as a female. I must have wanted the look so bad that I was diluted into thinking I needed to go the full distance to justify just a simple aesthetic preference? Iunno, but, I still feel dumb as hell thinking back on it.
Never know what's around the corner.
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A lot can change in a couple of years or, hell, even a few months. Regardless of the whys, at least you realized what you wanted before things went too far.
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Man, I feel really corny even saying it, but the important thing is that you've figured all that out. I suspect that everyone has had some 'realization' that leads to strange behaviour -- ugh, adolescence -- but it's part of becoming more self aware.
(I wouldn't even call your behaviour embarrassing, though you may disagree on that point :P)
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I forgot I said that stuff, but right now im pretty comfortable with who I am. Ain't trans, but I would like to find a way to rock leggings in public without it being indecent. Haven't found the right top to cover muh man parts yet. Dat aesthetic yo!
And I think I may be a beer nut. I need to try new beer all the time, when I'm in the store, I am compelled to buy a beer I haven't tried before, and I prefer it to buying what I am familiar with. I no longer care what style it is, before it was just stouts/porters, now, I don't care. Craft or macro, ipa, stout, pilsner, saison, I DONT CARE I JUST WANNA DRINK IT. If I don't like a style, I'll drink as many different beers of that style I can get my hands on until I understand it. I didn't like ipa's, drank over 20 different kinds...now I love them, it took a year, but I warmed up to the style. It's almost to the point where I would call beer as one of my "hobbies", because I read about it and examine it more than just a random beverage I would consume and forget about.
Iunno, it's fun. There's SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCHHHHHHHHHHHH GODDAMN VARIETY with beer, it's insane. It's sad to think people think of beer as just bud/miller/coors light and nothing more, because there's so much more to beer than flavorless carbonated soda water. Drink an ipa, then an imperial stout, and a saison, an ice beer, then maybe a wytchwood hobgoblin and try and tell me they all taste similar, because they don't. Ohh and all of this is me not giving a shit about alcohol content, I do not drink beer to get drunk or even "buzzed" I simply enjoy the taste and variety of what the beverage has to offer. I do not drink for the affects of alcohol, only for the taste, anymore, now a days.
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I too buy tons of different kind of beer, maybe not quite as much variety as you, but I do love just picking up something I've never heard of. I do have preferred styles that I will buy over others, but like you I've also warned up to styles I didn't like before (IPA being one of them). Too bad that what's available at lcbos sucks compared to what's available in some us stores though.
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I had a friend over from toronto area some 5 weeks ago, and she made me thankful for what I have over here.
I buy beer at my local grocery store, which has a decent selection of singles for craft beer. You guys have to go to overpriced liquor stores. But I believe it depends on the state, utah is basically canada, and the south has religion to restrict alcohol a bit.
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Yep, it depends on the state. I know Pennsylvania is pretty restrictive when it comes to liquor sales (pretty sure you have to go to a dedicated liquor store). Ohio is considerably more lax, but it (and probably most, if not all, other states) only allow a limited number of liquor licenses per region.
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I am happy this place still exists
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I am happy this place still exists
Not like it costs a whole lot to keep it going. ;)
It's definitely not too active nowadays, but a few of the usual suspects still poke around here from time to time.
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It's been like 2 or 3 years since I was on here last. How has everyone been doing? WHAT has everyone been doing?
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I've been playing obscene amounts of rhythm games! Uh, ignore the Solid State Squad stuff in my sig; I outgrew home versions of IIDX. :x
I have a few ongoing projects as well. One of them, which happens to be directly related to rhythm games, is building a home Pop'n controller out of an old arcade deck (716677606259568641[/tweet]]heres a couple of pics of the deck! (http://[tweet)). I have a good PCB, a whole batch of fresh new Omron V-10-1A4 (100gf) microswitches installed, and a nice set of bright LEDs on their way. I had about a dozen white lamps already, but they didn't really have a good light spreader. As a result, you'd get a noticeable bright spot on the diffuser instead of a nice, consistent glow (726571583733522432[/tweet]]light test video here (http://[tweet), with the original Omron V-10-1A5 switches still installed). I grabbed one of the LEDs from my IIDX controller and popped it in and it gave a much more consistent result, so I ordered a bunch of those for the final project.
The biggest problem I'm currently having is finding a connector. I don't want to do any snipping and/or soldering, as I want the controller to be easily usable in an arcade machine if need-be (i.e. unplug the harness going the arcin board, put some 12V lamps in, and hook the arcade harness into it), but I'm having a real hard time finding the right connectors. I've looked through Molex's catalog extensively and can't find a match, and I've gone through much of TE Connectivity's as well. No matter, I still need to fashion a wooden case for it.
Wait, where was I again? Oh, right. Other happenings. Got it.
I ended up becoming a career programmer, so things have been going pretty well on my end. :] Currently in the process of getting over my social anxiety and am making some decent headway so far. I've made quite a few new friends these past few months, so I definitely can't complain.
*takes a deep breath* That was some rambling.
Anyway, how have you been and what have you been up to?
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That's a big link lmfao. Very cool to be making your own controller though, I am probably going to force myself to learn to modify some of my stuff. I need to make my Precision pad and my IIDX controller last longer.
As for me:
Got married
Got a car
Got a house
Got a halfway decent computer
Gonna get gud at stuff
And here I am
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FAK. That's what happens when I've been up for 23 hours and don't double-check things. :P
If you need any pointers on modding your IIDX controllers, let me know. I've played on a couple of modded KOCs up through last...July, I think? Currently using two Dao FP7s. Wonderful controllers, if you're in the market for an ASC.
Congrats on the marriage (and the car, and the house, and the computer)! ;D
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The biggest problem I'm currently having is finding a connector.
Try https://www.phoenixcontact.com, I've got no idea if they have what you're looking for, but it's worth checking.
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BOOBIES!
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Try https://www.phoenixcontact.com, I've got no idea if they have what you're looking for, but it's worth checking.
Thanks, but they were one of the ones I went to, and they didn't have them. :P
The part that I was having difficulty with was actually figuring out which plug housings would mate with the socket on the controller. I ended up getting a tip from one of the arcade operators that I know that pretty much all Japanese games use JST connectors. From there I was able to work out that Pop'n uses the YLR-12V and YLR-15V for the machine harness.
Sourcing those parts proved to be somewhat expensive, since the only place I could find that supplied them was a place in Japan, so yay $40 shipping! Oh well, at least I'll be able to move forward with that project soon.
Edit: Corrected part numbers.
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BOOBIES!
I fucking told you this place was still up.
Thanks, but they were one of the ones I went to, and they didn't have them. :P
The part that I was having difficulty with was actually figuring out which plug housings would mate with the socket on the controller. I ended up getting a tip from one of the arcade operators that I know that pretty much all Japanese games use JST connectors. From there I was able to work out that Pop'n uses the JST-12V and JST-15V for the machine harness.
Sourcing those parts proved to be somewhat expensive, since the only place I could find that supplied them was a place in Japan, so yay $40 shipping! Oh well, at least I'll be able to move forward with that project soon.
Figured I'd mention them since I've ordered parts off them before (job related), and they have a pretty huge selection of stuff. At least you get what you were looking for.
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Figured I'd mention them since I've ordered parts off them before (job related), and they have a pretty huge selection of stuff. At least you get what you were looking for.
It's much appreciated, regardless. :) I've found that I've been playing a ton of orders to Mouser (http://www.mouser.com/) lately, so it'll be nice to have another good electronics site in my bookmarks. It never hurts to check multiple sources to get the best price, after all.
As an aside, I'm actually shocked at how difficult it was to find those plug housings. They weren't even listed on eBay or Amazon! There were a few listings on Amazon.jp, but none of the sellers shipped to the US.
I did find a small San Jose company that sold the YLR-12V (the model is YLR-**V, not JST-**V. Derp. Edited my last post) but not the YLR-15V. So yeah, I don't get it. Maybe JST just hates 'murika. ;)
Regardless, thanks to finding those I can hopefully do some basic controller testing pretty soon. I just dearly hope that I'm able to use the socket pins that I have available (I have a few different crimp-style ones from TE and Molex, so hopefully those will fit in the housing), since I can't seem to find the matching part (JST SYF-01T-P0.5A) in reasonable quantities. The only site that I saw so far (admittedly, I haven't looked too hard for it just yet...I'll cross that bridge when I come to it) that allows me to order it in quantities under 4000 (i.e. an entire package) has a $75 minimum order, which definitely hurts the team. If I don't have any luck with what I have I might order from them and just throw in a decent multimeter. It'll be nice to not have to rely on borrowing my dad's meter all the time, and with that much money to make up I can go overboard and spring for a FLUKE or something fancy like that. :P
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Oh yeah, an upgrade to a fluke would be nice. They make some nice equipment.
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Yeah, I've used their network-related gear before and was very impressed.
That being said, I can't help but appreciate my dad's multimeter. He's had it since around 1989, it's built like a tank, sips AA batteries, and it works exceptionally well. I wonder how it would compare to newer ones (like lower- to mid-level meters)...
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I've used several different multimeters and other electrical gear by them and was pretty impressed with everything I used. That was in college though, haven't touched a fluke in a while :/
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Yeah, I've only gotten to play with the ones that my employers have owned. I'd at least love to get a proper CAT-6 tester for home, since my current method of plugging it in and seeing how quickly the computer can transfer a large file is hardly scientific.
As for multimeters, it doesn't look like I'm going to need to rack up $75 of parts to fulfill a minimum, so...maybe next time. :p
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Buying an off lease computer to become my Stepmania computer. Make it start when I turn on the computer, hdmi to TV and then it's time to DDR!
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I seen this at the grocery store and I COULD NOT RESIST
(http://www.bellsbeer.com/files/cache/0d001bbe49219dd9193cd91fd19ad48a_f2053.jpg)
(http://www.bellsbeer.com/files/cache/e088f93b9fb2d974e0628326002124e0_f2052.jpg)
5 liter keg of bells oberon, only $19.00. And after it gets consumed, I'll have this neat keg with cool art on it. To be honest, the art is the majority reason I bought it, but oberon is damn good beer so that's a bonus.
Have a friend probably coming over tomorrow after work, going to help assist me double team that monster while we play vidya.
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Decided against StepMania computer and have decided to move my office downstairs, which happens to be the room next to the TV in the basement. So by punching a tiny hole in the wall and buying short HDMI and USB cables, I can play SM from my regular computer on the TV outside the room. 50$ instead of 300$.
I am also going to be streaming a lot more soon, so I'd be tickled pink if ya'll wanted to follow me and hang out!
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Ok serious...
craft beer ALL BEER...I cant stop...
I think ive tried over 200 different beers.
Obsessed to the point where im contemplating homebrew, god save me.
>tfw drink two craft beers and it has the abv of drinking a 6 pack of bud light
I'm not an alcoholic i swear.
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Ok serious...craft beer ALL BEER...I cant stop...
I think ive tried over 200 different beers.
Obsessed to the point where im contemplating homebrew, god save me.
>tfw drink two craft beers and it has the abv of drinking a 6 pack of bud light
I'm not an alcoholic i swear.
It happens. When I lived in Pittsburgh PA I was obsessed with trying different beers. We had a place called house of a thousand beers and it was amazing. Like 60 beers on tap then a ridiculous bottle variety. I bought a home brew kit but never ended up going through with it. Just like when I first discovered weed when I was 20. Became obsessed with the different strains and learning about it, even got stuff to grow but never followed through with it. Weird how that works.
It's fun to try all kinds of different brews and really get a sense of what you like best in your beer. Also it's a good conversation piece if you're surrounded by hipsters.
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I try not to hipster with it, because while I love me some craft, macro has its place. Like if im having dinner, I'd take a macro lager over an imperial stout, and imperial stout is my favorite style. I love stouts, but I prefer to drink em on their own as is, there's better beers that go with food, like...probably any other style.
The only thing I don't really like is light beer, because the demographic for light beer is...people who don't like beer. Shit I will buy a milwaukees best ice and enjoy it, but I do not understand how someone can enjoy bud/miller lite. Even if it means budweiser/miller high life, not high quality beers, but at least they have flavor.
Drinking Lagunitas Hop Stoopid as I type this. Cheap 22oz bomber of piney hop resin goodness.
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I try not to hipster with it, because while I love me some craft, macro has its place. Like if im having dinner, I'd take a macro lager over an imperial stout, and imperial stout is my favorite style. I love stouts, but I prefer to drink em on their own as is, there's better beers that go with food, like...probably any other style.
The only thing I don't really like is light beer, because the demographic for light beer is...people who don't like beer. Shit I will buy a milwaukees best ice and enjoy it, but I do not understand how someone can enjoy bud/miller lite. Even if it means budweiser/miller high life, not high quality beers, but at least they have flavor.
Drinking Lagunitas Hop Stoopid as I type this. Cheap 22oz bomber of piney hop resin goodness.
You nailed it. There is no enjoying bud/miller there is just a means to an end lol!
I was big into stouts around that time, and really I do still enjoy a good stout. Lions Head was one of my favorites. I feel like they are more for enjoyment, not for getting hammered if that's your goal. German lagers and pilsners like Spaten and Warsteiner have risen to the top of my list. They go down smooth, and taste even better when they hit room temperature. Those germans know what they're doing.
Ever see the movie Beerfest? ;D
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Haven't seen beerfest, not a huge movie guy.
And I may be in the same boat with stouts, I do really enjoy them, but the more I have the more they seem like a beverage to have every now and then, not on a regular basis.
(https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.Me12981c5dcee9d1e44e373b7d95f64c5H0&pid=15.1)
This stuff though may be my go to "well aint anything new at the store may as well get something good and available everywhere in the state of Michigan while being a world class IPA" beers. Seriously, every store has it, 711 has it, walmart has it, and it's one of the best IPA's ive had.
I typically drink like one or two beers after work to kick back, if I desire intoxication, there's better and cheaper options.
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Oh gawd, where did time go.
soz guiz. Kinda disappeared for longer than I expected to. XD
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I was going to write something long about the election, but I decided against it. I'd be surprised if anyone here supports trump, but I'm going to be as neutral (and canadian) as I can, so I'll say this: I'm sorry.
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Hey Bobbias, do you have a spare bedroom I can stay in? I promise that I don't do much other than code and play video games. Thanks!
Only half-joking.
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I'm not really in the mood to get in a political rant, but I want to share my opinion.
After the election results, I can say with certainty, The United States of America is a fucking joke that doesn't be deserved to be taken seriously for the next 4 years.
Ohh, and I did not vote. BUT VLAD YOU HAVE TO VOTE BLABLABLA YOURE THE REASON TRUMP IS IN OFFICE, Hillary really wouldn't have been much better, give me someone worth voting for and I will vote.
AND the electoral college is a joke, AND the two party system we have is a joke
I don't think ive ever been angry about an election until now, but it literally feels like I live in cartoon land where asshole television sexist bigot millionaires can run the country.
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AND the electoral college is a joke, AND the two party system we have is a joke
Thank you! I've been saying that for years and you'd be amazed at how many people try to make bloody excuses for both of those things.
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Well on a more positive note, I think I have been overdue for a new phone. I currently use a first gen moto g, and for what I use phones for, it's really good...except for 6 gigs total storage no sd card slot...besides that, does what I need it to do.
But the beautiful trend of no removable batteries so you can THROW IT AWAY AND JUST GET A NEW ONE, forces one to upgrade when they don't really even need to.
Figured I wanted a higher end phone, but I didn't want to drop the $600+ dollar price on those flagship models. So I ordered about 20 minutes ago as of this post, a new NEW phone, the oneplus 3t (https://oneplus.net/).
Like, 20 minutes ago was the second it became available to order new. Anyway, $440 is still a lot for me to be dropping, but, couldn't resist those specs for that price. Just need to switch providers from verizon to at&t, which based on friends who are on at&t, they are as good as verizon in this area.
Now lets hope it ships here in one piece, and the transfer to the other provider doesn't prove to be a pain in the ass. Kinda kissing my black friday goodbye with this purchase so I hope its worth it. Considering im on an old ass moto g and im happy, a ridiculous fast phone that can charge in 30 minutes shouldn't be disappointing.
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Congrats! I've heard good things about the OnePlus. I've read a few very minor complaints about the OS, but stuff like that is generally so subjective that it's not worth mentioning (unless it's TouchWiz. Fuck TouchWiz).
For what it's worth, I've had AT&T for about five or six years now and I don't really have many complaints. Reception in some areas around me is a bit worse than Verizon, but the fact that they're cheaper and aren't unnecessarily restrictive about which phones they'll allow on their network makes them a winner in my book. And they're still miles ahead of T-Mobile and especially Sprint. I think the only time I ever lost service altogether was when I was in the back of a warehouse-like building, which was basically built like a giant Faraday cage.
In my experience, number porting is pretty painless (I switched from T-Mobile to AT&T), though when I switched I did it at an AT&T Store. When I brought my parents into my plan we made the switch at the Best Buy mobile department and it was equally painless. Not sure what the process is like if you do it yourself, but I can't imagine it being too horrible. You could probably do it all online nowadays.
If you use Google services on your Moto G, all of your data should migrate over right when you sign into your phone. Support for that goes back pretty far, too--I remember dealing with that when I upgraded my G1 to 2.2 way back when.
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So, the phone cost $439. The shipping cost $0.00, and the taxes...$0.00. It went from southern china to my house in...3 days, I ordered it Tuesday, it arrived Friday, and set myself up with at&t the next day. Arrived BLAZING fast, I don't even know but im not going to complain.
Pretty easy to transfer stuff over and switch over to at&t, no big complications.
I didn't have problems with my last phone, but this thing is fast as fuck. I am not used to opening an ap, only to have it be open instantly, and with 6 gigs of ram in this sonbitch, I can switch between a lot of stuff damn near instant. And I can actually play games on this fucker, maybe I can actually try civilization revolution 2 now, since they won't make another one of those on console unfortunately.
Week one impressions are a thumbs up from me. In all honesty I am a pretty light phone user, so it really doesn't take too much to impress me to be honest. Still, nice to be in the new phone club for once.
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Thank you! I've been saying that for years and you'd be amazed at how many people try to make bloody excuses for both of those things.
I have also been saying this for years. I will never forget to this day asking my civics teacher when I was 13 why we vote (we were learning about electoral college). Even kids are confused by it.
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http://imgur.com/cxoUmEG
Happy Merry Christholliday Day
Siberian Night Imperial stout in a New Holland goblet glass, a fancy beer for a fancy day! ($8 for the 12oz, special occasion beer)
*edddddddittttttttt*
https://www.belgianstyleales.com/product/order-st-bernardus-abt-12-quadruple-abbey-ale-25oz/shop-belgian-quadrupel-ales
so umm, how does this buying beer online work? I am a 28 year old man, I WANT MY FANCY BEER DELIVERED TO ME!
*imabeernerddddddddddd*
(http://i.imgur.com/Bi8C1i6.jpg)
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I've had 4 of the 5 on the bottom, and none of the ones on the top. Rochefort, Duvel, Chimay, and Westmalle are all really good. Chimay is one of the few beers I reliably come back to. Rochefort too.
I'm currently drinking a Mill Street Lune de Sang, which was brewed on my birthday in 2015, during the blood moon, so when I saw that I had to get it (my GF and I stayed up late and drove out of town just to see that blood moon.)
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Trying the belgian styles of Dubbel, Trippel, Quadrupel, with a limited sample size.
Quad (rochefort 10). DELICIOUS would buy again
Trippel (Vaviant, Saugatuk) Sickeningly sweet, had to drainpour one of them, I hope the westmalle isn't that sweet when I inevitably try it.
Dubbel (Westmalle, drinking as I type this) Very good, it reminds me somewhat of wytchwoods hobgoblin, only a lot tastier.
Too damn bad these beers cost a mini fortune to obtain 'round these parts. This Westmalle 11.2oz cost $6.00 (ignore that the closest store to sell it is over 2 hours round trip). This canadian beer website has it at $3.50. (http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo/search?searchTerm=westmalle+dubbel)
Canadians don't pay much for import tax or something? I thought alcohol was expensive over there, but from what I observe, y'all pay half for belgian import beers. That chimay blue I have in that picture? The price tag clearly shows $16.00 usd, bought that fucker for a special occasion, my birthday....in march. Because I may have to get my enhanced drivers license and drive over the border and drink a few belgians before I come back...
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Anyone drink liquor? Got some small batch bourbon Knob Creek for xmas that was super delicious (if you're into that). My fiance and I drink Seagrams 7 whiskey usually. As smooth as Seagrams 7 is, you can definitely taste the quality difference in the Knob Creek. Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside...
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I'm more into liqueurs, personally (currently working my way through a bottle of Jägermeister and Disaronno).
That being said, I'm rather fond of tequila and definitely won't turn down whiskey. I haven't really sampled enough brands to pick a definitive favorite, but so far I favor José Cuervo tequila and Black Velvet whiskey.
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I rarely have liquor anymore. I may down 1-2 5ths in a year now a days, and most likely that 5th is a bottle of kraken black rum. I'm just bad at self control with that stuff and I tend to overdo it.
Beer, I can have 1-2 bottles and be content for the day...
...speaking of, I just went to Horrocks Farm Market yesterday. DRINKING BEER ON TAP WHILE GROCERY SHOPPING IS THE BEST THING EVER, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO VISIT HORROCKS IN LANSING MICHIGAN /caps
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Try the rochefort 8 if you can, instead of the 10. I find the 10 slightly more boozy and not QUITE as good as the 8 (depending on my mood, because sometimes I want something boozy tasting). As for pricing, it depends a lot. Some of the smaller bottles tend to run between 3-6, and the 750ml bottles run from like 7-15ish at the top end. I've definitely had a few bottles cost a bit over 15.
As for spirits, I've got a bottle of Dillon's Unfiltered 22 Gin Sitting here. I think it's about time for a drink too.
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Pretty much all Rochefort cost roughly the same for a 12oz($6.50-$8.00). I've so far tried 10, and 8, and I think both of them are fantastic, but I may lean towards the 8 since I recall the 10 being a bit sweeter than I prefer.
I do have a 6 in the fridge that I will try at a later date, so I'll report on that when I get to it.
Recently had a Westmalle trippel, it was a lot better than the Michigan trippels I've tried, sweet but not sickeningly candy sweet like the us versions. I do prefer the Westmalle dubbel though, and will get that in future purchases.
While on the topic of beer, Guiness. It's big and popular, and I've really honestly tried to like it, but I don't. Murphy's however, it's like Guiness, but better...I'd recommend trying a Murphy's if you're in the camp of wanting an Irish stout with a nitro widget that doesn't taste terrible. I mean it aint the best beer out there, but it's worth a purchase imo.
Srs last note of this post, those KBS beers in my fridge, rare as fuck, hard as hell to find. I only got them because a friend of mine knows a girl who works at a specific liquor store, that had a buyer that bailed on the purchase, so $25 for the 4 pack, and I got 2. Saving those sons of bitches for when I get a new job worth a damn, figure it's worthy enough to celebrate that event.
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Yeah, honestly Guinness is what got me interested in branching out into the world of microbrews (because it's just so different from the macro brews everyone tends to drink), but yeah, it's more or less mediocre at best. I don't dislike it, but there are plenty of other stouts I'd rather have given the option.
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Yeah, honestly Guinness is what got me interested in branching out into the world of microbrews (because it's just so different from the macro brews everyone tends to drink), but yeah, it's more or less mediocre at best. I don't dislike it, but there are plenty of other stouts I'd rather have given the option.
I really love Guiness. I hated it for a while because honestly my other beer snob associates did and I was new at the time. I've come to really enjoy it though. It has less calories than most light beers so it's good if you're watching your weight but still want a couple drinks.
That and Irish car bombs....
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I had another Guinness today, since I had a Murphy's earlier in the week. STARTING to warm up on it, but there's just one thing for both beers that I am not a fan of...
...too damn watery, I have no clue why everybody talks up Guinness as "man it's a beer that's like a meal!!R!!!!!", when it's as watery and I'd even argue EVEN MORE watery than light beer.
It's not even me saying that to hate it, since I periodically buy cans to see if I can enjoy one, but it's just watery. I even do the super aggressive pour to get maximum head, but it fades about half way through, and you're left with water with a little bit of foam at the end.
But my favorite beers are imperial stouts that absorb light like a black hole and are thicker than motor oil, so it's probably never intended for a person as myself. Still would be a nice thing on my go to roster since it's commonly available. I do think I prefer other commonly available brands like Icehouse, or Labatt Blue over Guinness though.
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Posting from my new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.
It's, well...a computer. Running Linux. Using a British spell check dictionary and EN-GB keyboard layout (trying to type # in the HAPPY thread was an experience--I literally don't have that key anywhere on my Yankee keyboard). Obviously easy stuff to correct, but I'm amused regardless. :P
It feels really strange to be using a computer that's completely any utterly silent.
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I keep thinking about getting one of those to make an emulation box out of.
One of these days I tell ya...
Not to mention having a functional computer for under $40.00 is crazy, we live in the future.
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It's a nice little system for the price! It does noticeable struggle with certain things (don't try to full-screen YouTube videos, for example) but I can definitely see if being useful as a little productivity box. The Linux distro that mine came with (NOOBS--not sure how Raspbian is equipped) even came with LibreOffice, so it's pretty much usable right out of the box. Naturally, you also have pretty much the entire Debian library to work with.
It was one of those things where I won't be put off even if I don't find a real use for it. I spend more than that on lunches some weeks (which is sad and needs to stop).
One thing that's kind of inconvenient is that if you enable desktop OpenGL you lose the ability to correct for overscan/underscan. On my TV, for instance, the usable display area goes outside the border of the screen. Not fantastic, but fairly easy to correct from the TV's menu (and even easier to rectify on a standard monitor).
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I made my own little SDL port of Doom, just to say that I could:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7fh8fzXgAMaZ4m.jpg:small) (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7fh8fzXgAMaZ4m.jpg:orig)
(Yes, the screenshot is a little blurry--my laptop has a high DPI screen, so DWM is scaling it up by 1.5x)
Source is here, in case anyone is interested: http://github.com/Spectere/sDoomPort (http://github.com/Spectere/sDoomPort)
Still needs a lot of work (x64 doesn't work at all yet, no sound, mouse support is kinda rough, etc), but it took a surprisingly small amount of work to get it working.
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Raspberry pi's easy to play around with? That emulation box thing I was talking about earlier sounds more appealing by the day, I assume the fucker can do ps1 at least yeah?
Ohh and another year..another oberon keg! I basically collect things now, after the beer is gone I have this cool looking keg.
(http://www.bellsbeer.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/news/OberoMiniKeg_2017_sidebyside.jpg?itok=XpNPa7Ob)
Biggest problem is that I cant drink it all, so I need an excuse to get people together to drink that fucker, and the girlfriend doesn't like beer. Last year I tried to 2 man it, but that only ended up in a hangover. Tekken 7 is out next week I think THIS FRIDAY(i work though...), maybe I can convince a few people to tekken'n chill with much oberon.
Ohh and spektur, I'm pretty sure your state gets this stuff (Bells is basically a macro company with huge distribution now a days), if you enjoy a lighter wheat beer (think blue moon but way better), it's a pretty accessible non offensive beer.
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I'll have to look out for that if it ever shows up here. The GF loves blue moon (called belgian moon in canada).
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I'm not so sure our beers surface over there very often. There's a canadian craft head in my fightan chat from Toronto area and besides European imports, it seems like our beer selections are way different. Which is weird to me that someone from California can have a more similar beer selection than someone 5-6 hours away in Toronto. That said, Michigan isn't that far, and any of the neighboring states should have Bells on hand, if you ever happen to be across the border.
Being a very popular Michigan brewery, Bells is almost as common as bud lite here. Walmart has it, gas stations have it, convenient stores have it. I just wish shipping alcohol wasn't sketchy in this state, because I'd totally do trades. To my knowledge, I can't even order alcohol online.
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Raspberry pi's easy to play around with? That emulation box thing I was talking about earlier sounds more appealing by the day, I assume the fucker can do ps1 at least yeah?
Yeah, they're not too bad. They primarily run Linux, but the stock distro that most boxed Pis come with is pretty easy to use. It sort of controls like Classic Windows.
I haven't done any emulation with mine (yet...I have a pretty big project in the works involving it, though), so I'm not sure which systems it can handle. From what I understand, The Pi2 and Pi3 can handle PS1 without a problem.
Ohh and spektur, I'm pretty sure your state gets this stuff (Bells is basically a macro company with huge distribution now a days), if you enjoy a lighter wheat beer (think blue moon but way better), it's a pretty accessible non offensive beer.
Cool, thanks for the tip!
We've got a pretty nice beer and wine place in my area called Vintage Estate (http://www.vewinebeer.com/), so I'm sure I can find it there if my retail stores don't have it. Speaking of which, if you ever happen to make it to Mahoning County, Ohio, for some reason, be sure to stop there. Their selection is insane. They serve some really tasty flatbreads, too.
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I had 871607919409844224[/tweet]]this (http://[tweet) happen to me last night. I...what.
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I...what.
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I just realized that s.net v4.0 (that is, this particular forum installation and database) is going to turn 10 in August. Wooooow.
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... Damn man, congrats on your internet presence, I guess. Kinda blows my mind.
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Thanks! ;D
I do kinda wish I would have kept more from when s.net first launched, but c'est la vie. I might have a few database dumps rolling around, but I don't want to spin up more PHP bullshit than I have to.
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It's a shame we lost all that stuff from... was that v3 that you lost the db during the migration resulting in us all having to sign up again etc.? There's a lot that went on before we lost that db that would have been nice to preserve.
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Social anxiety fucking SUX
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But having friends rox tho
I am an Awesome Lamer after all.
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REAL TALK THO
REAL MF TALK
STEAM SALES
I ALREADY OWN 99% OF ALL VIDYA BUT THAT LAST 1%...
PILLARS OF ETERNITY OR DIVINITY ORIGINAL SIN
/caps
TINY CAPS REALER TALK THO
MY STEAM LINK COMES TUESDAY, ANYTHING PC RELATED WORTH A DAMN THAT WOULD PLAY WELL ON A PS4 CONTROLLER QUESTION MARK
*TINY EDIT*
-PILLARS
-ICEWIND ENHANCED
-WITCHER 1
-BANISHED
-COSTUME QUEST 2
DECIDED TO GET DIVINITY ON PS4 BLACK FRIDAY AND CO OP WITH THE WOMAN SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME
ENJOY THE $$$ GABE
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Social anxiety fucking SUX
Agreed. I have a hard time enjoying cons because large crowds make me freeze up (I can manage if I'm with friends, at least). <_<
But having friends rox tho
Agreed! ;D
MY STEAM LINK COMES TUESDAY, ANYTHING PC RELATED WORTH A DAMN THAT WOULD PLAY WELL ON A PS4 CONTROLLER QUESTION MARK[/size]
EURO/AMERICAN TRUCK SIMULATOR. (Seriously, it's a pretty chill experience. It makes a great podcast game, too!)
Also, Hyper Light Drifter. So fucking good.
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I do own Euro Truck Sim 2, that game not only for steam link, but whenever I get a job that pays me more than poverty to afford a VR headset, that game is what that shit is made for. VR HEADSET AND RACING WHEEL!
Tried street fighter 4, and maybe its my laggy tv, but the input delay is too much for me to deem playable. Maybe to casuals who can't tell the difference, but my over 800 hours of experience with that game, I damn well know the timing is off on steam link. I can do viper tk feint combos with it, but it's less consistent than just being on pc or 360.
I did manage to wirelessly sync my ps4 controller to the thing and booted up south park stick of truth (which i immediately stopped playing due to an unable to save bug), and at least in the hour or so I've played, it works great. No access to a keyboard so my name ended up blank (not sure if its just the game though, cartman calls you douschebag regardless), and I had to move my pc mouse off screen so it wouldn't be in the way, but besides that, plays like a console game with faster load times.
Not a bad little toy for the $15.90 I payed for it.
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Steam link has been a worthy investment. I bought it brand new, this sale is an absolute STEAL. It doesn't work great with everything, but typically anything with native controller support it's pretty flawless. Games like the 1st installment of Assassin's Creed, or ME2, or Oblivion where you alter the controls through modded files typically DON'T work for some reason. I still haven't figured out why.
My only other gripe is those moments I have to run upstairs to my PC because my game crashed or froze or something and I can't just vulcan death grip out of it even with my wireless keyboard in the link.
My favorite thing though is just the use of my PC in general through the link. If you just exit big picture in the link menu you can proceed as normal on your PC which is nice.
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Tried street fighter 4, and maybe its my laggy tv, but the input delay is too much for me to deem playable.
Yeah, there's no way a fighting game is going to work on something like that. Not only would you be dealing with TV lag, but you're also going to be fighting with network latency, not to mention the time it takes your computer to compress the video, not to mention the roundtrip for the Steam Link to send the input to your computer. At the very least you're dealing with 1-2 frames of input lag, not including all of the other crap.
That being said, it works surprisingly well for less frame-accurate games. I played through all of Saints Row 4 using in-game streaming to my iMac, and I've also played a fair amount of Space Engineers as well. Aside from video compression artifacts, I didn't really have any issues.
Oh, another nice thing is that if the device that you're streaming to has a higher resolution display, you can use DSR (or whatever AMD calls their equivalent to that) to add higher resolutions. For instance, when I last did in-game streaming, I had my gaming PC connected to a 1080p display, while my iMac has a 1440p display. By adding a DSR factor of 1.33x to my computer, I was able to render gameplay at a native 1440p, which Steam then streamed to my Mac at that resolution. Pretty nice! Having it render at the native resolution instead of it upscaling 1080p content did a lot to help reduce how noticeable the compression artifacts were as well.
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Well I liked the thing...for about 3 hours until my controller just decided to stop working mid game.
But then, why does the controller turn on the steam link, or navigate all of the menus perfectly fine, just wants to not function mid game anymore for no reason?
For reference, I'm using a ps4 controller via bluetooth. I have tried plugging in my ps4 stick which was the thing I used to get to the menu to sync up my ps4 controller, and even that doesn't work mid game anymore.
The Gabe givith, and the Gabe taketh away. At least I can watch youtube on this thing, but it's totally useless for games right now.
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unplugged my 360 stick from my pc because i remembered that's what caused skyrim controls to not work...and...its never an easy solution with me, didn't work at all
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I guess it's defaulted any controller compatable games to controller, I can't even figure out how to play the damn things on my pc proper now, I'll keep editing as I figure out this clusterfuck. I literally can't even play southpark at all. It needs a controller to play for whatever goddamn reason, so I plug my ps4 controller wired into my pc, and even that doesn't fucking work(BUT IT DOES FUCKING WORK BECAUSE IT STILL WORKS WITH STEAM MENUS PERFECTLY 110% FINE). I cant even use mouse and keyboard controls.
If I would have known steam link would make my games unplayable, I wouldn't have bought the damn thing. Have not yet seen a solution other than "wait for firmware breh"
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Well I got it working. I went to the beta version which didn't work back to the normal version and it decided to work. No idea why, but that's the first place i'll look when it happens again. Not sure why that would affect me playing on my pc without steam link though...will need to look into it later...after i beat south park...it's p good...
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Are you running something like DS4Windows (http://ds4windows.com/)? If not, give it a shot. If you're not familiar with it, it basically lets you use your PS4 controller as an XInput device (and optionally hide it from DirectInput). That alone can fix a bunch of weird problems. You can also do other nifty stuff, like use the DS4's trackpad as a mouse, or things of that nature. Pretty sure it works with Steam Link as well. That *might* make it work more reliably in the long run.
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Sitting in a bar in montreal with the gf drinking cocktails... Just heard my best friend from college is going to have a kid. Going to see Hiromi Uehara at the jazz festival here. Shits fucking awesome
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I finally realized that you can install unsupported operating systems in Linode. I'm thinking of switching s.net over to OpenBSD. There's literally zero chance of systemd infecting *BSD, after all. I'm also considering Devuan as well. It's basically Debian (which I'm very familiar with) without systemd.
The recent security vulnerability with systemd is just the icing on the cake. The number of times I've had to reboot freyr because systemd ate its own head is a bit silly, not even mentioning the number of times I've had to do a hard reboot because literally nothing on the box would work. And considering that's happened across two separate distros, well...
Meanwhile, my game server--which is under significantly more load, given that it runs both Factorio and Minecraft--runs Gentoo and...well, take a look:
spectere@loki ~ $ uptime
20:18:45 up 388 days, 22:22, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.12, 0.10
freyr, on the other hand...
spectere@freyr:~$ uptime
16:18:24 up 8 days, 20:56, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
I did updates 8 days ago on freyr and it caused systemd to have a manic freakout, preventing me from starting and stopping services, checking logs, or doing...well, much of anything. Shutdown and reboot didn't work. Had to do a hard shutdown, because why not. That's good to do, right?
So yeah, I finally need to pull the plug on systemd forever. No more second chances. I hate breaking out in a cold sweat every time I update the server.
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Newegg was selling the Oculus Rift for $400 yesterday so I, uh, kinda sorta bought one.
Depending on which warehouse it ships from, I should either get it on Wednesday (New Jersey, Tennessee) or Thursday (California). Obviously, I'll have more detailed thoughts on it a few days after I get it, when I manage to stop drooling.
Edit: It's shipping from New Jersey. Should be here on Wednesday!
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Newegg was selling the Oculus Rift for $400 yesterday so I, uh, kinda sorta bought one.
Depending on which warehouse it ships from, I should either get it on Wednesday (New Jersey, Tennessee) or Thursday (California). Obviously, I'll have more detailed thoughts on it a few days after I get it, when I manage to stop drooling.
Edit: It's shipping from New Jersey. Should be here on Wednesday!
Oh man, that's AWESOME! I'm so cheap but deeply interested in the rift. I've binged so many hilarious videos on YT of people playing it. Let me know how it goes.
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Will do! I've already downloaded the VR-supported titles that I own on Steam. Project CARS hype! Oh god, I just remembered that Elite: Dangerous supports VR. :O
Debating on whether or not to bother with vorpX/Vireio. Stereo 3D is nice, but I'd really prefer it if head tracking was functional.
Actually, scratch that. Zipping through SEUM in VR--head tracking or not--would be fucking awesome.
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(http://i.imgur.com/5BHAA67.jpg)
I wanted to try one before bed, but 14.2% abv...gonna wait...
Burbon barrel aged malt liquor? lol ok
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LOL I'd have a hard time justifying a pack of that, but I'd sure as hell want to at least try it for the novelty.
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Sipping it now, reading things about it, one commentor called it a "session bourbon" and that fits this drink pretty accurately. It's a sipper for sure, there's definately some malt liquor character in there, but the barrel aging and the high abv makes it drink more like a liquor.
Surprisingly nice, I've had high gravity malt liquor before (schlitz bull ice, UGHHHHHHHHHH) and didn't enjoy it, but this stuff is pretty good...if you're expecting a super high abv beer that has no place calling itself a beer. Thinking about it though, this stuff actually earns its title of malt liquor, unlike the standard stuff out there.
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The site migration almost felt like it went too smoothly. Either I missed something critical or I'm getting good at this!
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Locked, per this news post (https://spectere.net/forums/index.php/topic,1913.0.html). Please create new topics instead. This will better facilitate the flow of conversation.
TIS THE END OF AN ERA.
/me pours one out for his homies.